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Kauaʻi record · KCA-MOL-00260

Vayssierea felis

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Vayssierea felis — source-informed Atlas ecological reconstruction; not a specimen photograph or evidence of current abundance.
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About Vayssierea felis

Sea Slugs of Hawaiʻi explicitly lists Kauaʻi in distribution, without a dated Kauaʻi specimen on the main page.

Fresh WoRMS/MolluscaBase query returned Vayssierea felis accepted (AphiaID 597200); expert account documents Okadaia elegans historical usage.

Expert account reports mid/low intertidal cobble, shallow rocky habitat to 5 m, and Halimeda beds to 11 m.

Expert island record and shallow habitat verify historical occurrence; recency remains open.

Names and classification

Scientific name
Vayssierea felis
Other names
Vayssierea felis
Record type
species

Kauaʻi occurrence and status

Kauaʻi occurrence
Authoritative island occurrence; local recency not dated.
Origin
Origin not inferred from occurrence census
Conservation status
Not assessed
Evidence limits
Occurrence category and evidence are source-bounded. Abundance, trend, and living status are not inferred beyond the reviewed evidence.

Habitat and ecology

Habitats
Marine reef and nearshore

Process and seasonal context

Seasonal description
Vayssierea felis is included in the verified Kauaʻi mollusk census. Expert island record and shallow habitat verify historical occurrence; recency remains open.

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