Intertidal Invertebrates of the Monterey Bay Area, California

Compiled & photographed by Gary McDonald, Long Marine Laboratory, University of California, Santa Cruz
Conualevia alba Collier & Farmer, 1964              
White Smooth-horn Dorid
Mollusca: Gastropoda: Opisthobranchia: Nudibranchia: Doridina: Anadoridoidea: Conualeviidae
Geographic Range: Carmel, Monterey Co., CA, to Gulf of California, Mexico, to Panama; Galapagos Islands. Synonyms:
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Carmel Pt., Monterey Co., CA; 10 Apr 2008; 14mm total length.

Description: Ground color white, with an irregular row of opaque white glands around edges of dorsum. Rhinophores white, smooth. Branchial plumes 8, tripinnate.
Size: Typically about 20mm in length, but may reach 35mm.
Notes: Usually under stones.
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Carmel Pt. , Monterey Co., CA; 10 Apr 2008; 14mm total length.		 Conualevia_alba_slide_0001
Carmel Pt., Monterey Co., CA; 9 Apr 1973; 7mm total length.
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Malibu, Los Angeles Co., CA; 20 Oct 1971; 9mm total length.		 Conualevia_alba_slide_0003
Pt. Fermin, Los Angeles Co., CA; 21 Sep 1971; 17mm total length.
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Carmel Pt. (south), Monterey Co., CA; 10 Apr 2008; 14mm total length. Close-up of rhinophore.		  

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