Greenland & Norway to Azores, lusitanian seamounts to Mediterranean. On silty, sandy and rocky current-swept bottoms between 30m and 2000m deep, « being more common between 100 and 1000 m » (GBIF) among deep-sea white corals and on bathyal mud. Grazer and detritus feeder.
Original taxon: Rissoa cimicoides.
200m deep, off Dubrovnik, S. Croatia. 3,9mm.
Original pictures provided by R. Stanić (HR).
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« Testâ ovato-conicâ, albidâ, anfractibus 7 convexiusculis, sulcis longitudinalibus spiralibusque granulato-decussatis, ad suturam marginatis, crenulatis; aperturâ ovatâ, labro externo incrassato. » – E. Forbes: “Mollusca and Radiata of the Aegean sea”, Reports of 13th meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, London 1844.
Synonyms: cimiciformis, intermedia, sculpta.
150m deep, Messina Strait, SW. Italy. 3-3,5mm.
Strong, solid, large sculpture made up of spiral cords and axial ribs, without even the smallest button at the crossings. Deep suture « situated in a channel delimited by two stronger cords just above and below. » (WoRMS).
250m deep, Málaga, Andalucia, S. Spain. 3,4mm.
« Testa solida, opaca, in speciminibus viventibus colore fuscato, forma conico-ovata, spira sat producta et attenuata, apice acuto; anfractibus 7-8 medio applanatis, ultimo dilatato spira paulo breviore; sutura profundius canaliculata; apertura rotundato-ovata, varice externa valida. Superficies conspicue cancellata, plicis longitudinalibus latiusculis basin versus evanidis, cingulis angustis, magis elevatis, undulatis, in anfractu ultimo circiter 10, in penultimo 4-5 decussatis, punctis intersectionis nodulosis. »
Original pictures provided by S. Gofas (ES) for WoRMS.
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Original pictures provided by A. Nappo (IT).
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