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Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > sea slugs > Family Onchidiidae
Grey-footed mangrove onch slug
Platyvindex sp.
Family Onchidiidae
updated Jun 2020
Where seen? This slug is sometimes seen on mangrove trees trunks and branches on some of our shores.

Features: 2-3cm. Body hard, long or circular, slightly rounded with small bumps arranged in concentric circles. Generally greyish or brown. The underside of the body is grey, it has a narrow foot that has horizontal ridges. Eyes on long thin stalks.

Kranji, Jun 06

Underside




Sungei Pandan, Jun 09

*Species are difficult to positively identify without close examination.
On this website, they are grouped by external features for convenience of display.

Grey-footed mangrove onch slugs on Singapore shores
On wildsingapore flickr

Other sightings on Singapore shores


Sg Pang Sua, Dec 25
Photo shared by Rui Quan Oh on facebook.


Pulau Semakau, Dec 08

Photos shared by Toh Chay Hoon on her flickr.

Links

References

  • Tan Siong Kiat and Henrietta P. M. Woo, 2010 Preliminary Checklist of The Molluscs of Singapore (pdf), Raffles Museum of Biodiversity Research, National University of Singapore.

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