Also called lemon gumdrop.
Body smooth, yellow to orange, often with white spots. Shell fragile and internal. Single gill under the mantle edge on the right side.
About 30 mm in length.
Commonly found in pairs under boulders intertidally and on shallow reefs. Believed to be a scavenger, although also takes larger prey such as shrimps.
Two Oceans: A Guide to the Marine Life of Southern Africa (2007).
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Anatomy & Morphology
Berthellina granulata had a broadly oval body and varies in colour from a translucent pale yellow to a brick red. The head bears a triangular oval veil with a ventral groove, and a pair of rhinophores rolled into tubes. The surface of the mantle is studded with small white glands which produce a distasteful whitish secretion. The small flat shell remnant is embedded in the mantle above the digestive gland and the gut is often visible through the overlying tissues.
Distribution & Habitat
It is often found in pairs under boulders at low tide and in rockpools. It occurs on reefs, rocky shores and shallow reefs, down to a maximum depth of 150 m.
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