Bivalve Gastropod
Julia exquisita
- Group: Other
- For divers: safe
This tiny sea slug looks like a small clam, hiding a soft body inside two hinged green valves. It lives directly on Caulerpa seaweed and feeds by piercing the algal cells and sucking out their sap, growing no larger than a fingernail.
Taxonomy: Animalia › Mollusca › Gastropoda › Juliidae › Julia
Species data via the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), AphiaID 215227.
FAQ
- Is the Bivalve Gastropod dangerous to divers?
- The Bivalve Gastropod is harmless to divers.