Home Acknowledgments Conventions Glossary Maps References Links Articles Thumbnails Species list Family Next species _______________   Additional Photos   underside   young, 2.8 mm   few spots    with algae   trailing    with egg mass   shell _______________   GALLERY	Haminoea cymbalum (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)   Maximum size:  30 mm (extrapolated from shell length). Identification:  This species has a strongly inflated transparent shell without spiral striae. The animal is bluish-green with bright orange spots. Larger orange spots bordered in white show through the shell. It can be distinguished from Haminoea ovalis and Haminoea sp. #1 by its lack of purple spots. Natural history:  Haminoea cymbalum is a moderately common diurnal species that can be found in rocky habitats at moderately exposed to highly exposed sites. It occurs in tide pools on wave-washed platforms and subtidally to depths of about 8 m (25 ft) and is often seen in pairs or groups. Rarely, filamentous green algae grow on the shell. It lays an elongate, cream egg mass that is attached by an adhesive surface rather than a mucus string. The eggs form a "slinky-like" spiral in the interior. Distribution:  Big Island, Maui, Molokai and Oahu: widely distributed in the Indo-Pacific. Taxonomic notes:  This species is referred to as the "cymbal bubble shell" in Hoover, 1998 & 2006. Clay Carlson and Patty Jo Hoff suggest on the Sea Slug Forum that Haminoea simillima Pease, 1868 might be the preferred name for it due to inability to confidently identify the type material of the earlier H. cymbalum. It's probably listed in Severns, 2011 as Haminoea sp. 3 and is mislabelled as Phaneropthalmus cf. cylindricus in the live photo on page 418. Photo:  CP: Hekili Point, Maui; Oct. 31, 2004. Observations and comments: Note 1:  ( )
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