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Additional Photos
side
young
shell
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Hamineobulla(?) kawamurai
Habe, 1950
Maximum size: 6 mm.
Identification:
This
species
has a straw colored shell with fine, wavy spiral striae.
It is marked with spiral rows of irregular white patches. When very
young, the shell is decorated with widely spaced spiral brown lines but
in mature animals the lines are replaced with irregular axial
streaks. The animal is translucent-gray with irregular brown patches
and scattered white flecks.
Natural history:
Hamineobulla(?) kawamurai
is a moderately common species found in rocky habitats at depths
of 2-9 m (6-30 ft). It occurs at moderately exposed to highly
exposed sites but is most common at the latter (where it may be the
most numerous haminoeid in short algal turf exposed to high surge). It
lays a spherical, white egg mass anchored in algal turf. The eggs hatch
in about three days in the laboratory.
Distribution:
Maui, Kauai and Midway: widely distributed in the western & central
Pacific.
Taxonomic notes:
There
is
some question about the validity of the genus Hamineobulla (Terry Gosliner, pers.
com.). It is illustrated in Severns, 2011 as #8, plate 190 (misidentified in the caption as Limulatys muscarius--caption switched with #10, plate 190).
Photo: CP: 4
mm: Honokowai Beach Park, Maui; April 11, 2010.
Observations and comments:
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