Radula of Thorunna cf florens

December 17, 1998
From: Terry Gosliner

Bill,
After many goes at trying to send you the SEM radula photos of the Thorunna cf. florens (AM C162380) from Thailand - Here we go again. Hope this works

Terry Gosliner

tgosliner@casnotes1.calacademy.org


RIGHT: Inner lateral teeth on right side.
LOWER LEFT: outer lateral teeth on right.
LOWER RIGHT: central region showing innermost laterals on each side.

Gosliner, T., 1998 (Dec 17) Radula of Thorunna cf florens. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/401

Dear Terry,
Success this time. These radula pics are from the animal from Thailand, at the top of the page, which Rebecca Johnson referred to in her message.

Rebecca,
This radula is rather different from the specimens of Thorunna florens that I have looked at. The innermost teeth in my specimens look like the the uppermost tooth in your upper right photo. Is this Tooth2 on the right side?. As you say the innermost teeth in your specimen (lower right) look like the innermost teeth in some other species such as T. daniellae and T. africana. Do all the rows have this structure? I was wondering whether the oldest rows had the T. daniellae-type tooth and the youngest rows the elongate innermost tooth. It certainly is interesting.
Bill Rudman.

Rudman, W.B., 1998 (Dec 17). Comment on Radula of Thorunna cf florens by Terry Gosliner . [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/401

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