2026 · Photo: Boaz Liebes
Lamprohaminoea evelinae
Philippines · Indo Pacific - South China Sea
- Native range
- Tropical and subtropical western Pacific: Guam and the Marianas, the Philippines, Okinawa and the Great Barrier Reef
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Description
A small, colourful haminoeid bubble snail formally described in 2020 in a revision of Lamprohaminoea, after long being treated as an unnamed species. It grazes on algae on sandy and muddy bottoms.
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Identification
Whitish, translucent body densely covered with rounded orange-to-yellow blotches of variable size (sometimes fused) on the head shield, parapodia and mantle, with fine white pigment between them. Thin, smooth, translucent shell about 5 mm high, largely enveloped by the body.
Similar species
Lamprohaminoea cymbalum has broad orange bands and spots ringed with opaque white; L. ovalis has rounded black and purple spots.
Habitat & diet
Habitat
Sandy and muddy bottoms in shallow water.
Food
Algae.