Haminoea ovalis
Pease, 1868

Order: CEPHALASPIDEA
Superfamily: HAMINOEOIDEA
Family: Haminoeidae

DISTRIBUTION

Tropical western Pacific?

PHOTO

UPPER: Guam, Bile Bay, Guam. Reef flat; 10.5mm long alive; 10 July 1971.
LOWER: shell (6.5 x 4.6mm) from <10mm long living specimen.
PHOTOS: Clay Carlson & Patty Jo Hoff.

"As far as we know, this is Haminoea ovalis Pease, 1868.  As with Haminoea sp. 1 it differs from H. cymbalum in terms of color, shell shape, gizzard plates and radula.  H. ovalis is the only Haminoea proper that we are aware of that has all lateral teeth denticulate.  Host is the blue-green algae, Lyngbya majuscula".
Note from Clay Carlson & Patty Jo Hoff. (see message below.
See also Haminoea sp. 2. and Haminoea sp. 3.
See Carlson & Hoff's message discussing the 5 orange-spotted species.

Authorship details
Rudman, W.B., 1999 (March 21) Haminoea ovalis Pease, 1868. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/factsheet/hamioval

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    From: C.Carlson & P.J. Hoff, March 20, 2000
  4. Haminoea ovalis? from American Samoa
    From: Don Barclay, March 6, 2000

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