Key Identification Features
- The inner surface of the mantle has a distinctive pattern of alternating, interlocking bars of white and dark brown.
- No mantle pore could be found, nor a distinct pore for the opaline gland; this gland likely discharges through numerous minute openings.
- The shell is oblong, ovate, smooth, and shining, and features faint light radial grooves.
- However, genetic studies have confirmed that the sea hare population found in the Indo-Pacific is actually a distinct species, Aplysia argus.
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