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Unidentified Aplysiid #1
 
Unidentified Aplysiid #1: shell
Maximum size:  2 mm shell length.

Identification:  The shells of this species  are  flattened and plate-like with broad, radiating white bands. They're somewhat variable in width.

Natural history:  A handful of shells have been found in beach drift from moderately exposed to exposed sites.

Distribution:  Maui and Midway.

Taxonomic notes:  These tiny shells don't match the shells of other listed species suggesting the presence of one more aplysiid in shallow Hawaiian waters (perhaps a Petalifera or Phyllaplysia?).

Photo:  CP: composite photo, same shell; 1.7 mm; narrow: beach drift; Makuleia Bay, Maui; fall, 1985.

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