Cerithiopsis pulvis (Issel, 1869) |
Western Indian Ocean, Red Sea, eastern Mediterranean. Predator on sponges in the infralittoral. Original taxon: Cerithium pulvis. Three rows of nodules per whorl, the subsutural one being reddish-brown, the two others of a pale light yellow. Base concave, adorned with a fourth brownish spiral cord of nodules, and a fifth one, yellowish, adjacent to the columella (van Aartsen & Carrozza, Bollettino malacologico vol.19, Milano 1983, p.39). Rare in Mediterranean. 8m deep, Bodrum, Muğla province, SW. Turkey. 3,4mm. |
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