Home Acknowledgments Conventions Glossary Maps References Links Articles Thumbnails Species list Family Next species _______________   Additional Photos	Volvatella pyriformis Pease, 1868   no photo available Maximum size:  11 mm (Kay, 1979). Identification:  This species has a thin, transparent shell that narrows into a spout posteriorly. The animal is pale orange flecked with darker orange. (Kay, 1979) Natural history:  We've never found Volvatella pyriformis. Kay (1979) reports it from algal mats on solution benches and from the green alga Caulerpa. Distribution:  Oahu. Taxonomic notes:  It was first reported from Hawaii in Kay, 1961 (as Arthressa evansi). The shell on page 64 of Kay & Schoenberg-Dole, 1991 seems more strongly inflated with a more constricted apex than the shell of the live animal on page 65 suggesting that it may be from Volvatella vigourouxi, instead (or that it became greatly distorted, with drying). The drawing from the original Tahiti description of V. pyriformis can be seen on the Sea Slug Forum. Photo:  ( ) Observations and comments: Note 1:  ( )
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