Chauvetia candidissima (Philippi, 1836)
Alborán Sea to W. Mediterranean. Shallow water to lower infralittoral. Scavenger and predator.
Original taxon: Buccinum candidissimum.
There is also a form named “tenuisculpta” Dautzenberg.
30m deep, muddy sand with grass, SW. coast of Malta. 9mm.
The species in R. A. Philippi: Enumeratio molluscorum Siciliae… vol. I, Berlin 1836, plate XI fig. 18.
 
« Testa minuta, turrita, lactea; anfractibus rotundatis, lineis elevatis longitudinalibus transversisque aequalibus reticulato-granulatis; labro incrassato, intus plicato. […] Labrum plicas 4-5 ostendit. » – R. A. Philippi: op. cit. p. 222.
Fully adult Nesaea candidissima in N. Tiberi: “Des Testacés de la Méditerranée qui doivent être compris dans les genres Lachesis et Nesaea de Risso”, Journal de conchyliologie vol. XVI, Paris 1868, plate V fig.4.
 
« Putting aside its other proper characters, this species is easily distinguished from its congeners by its constant colour of a uniform milky-white. » – N. Tiberi: op. cit p.77-78.
15-20m deep, Wied iż-Żurrieq, southern coast of Malta. 9,9mm. Original pictures provided by A. Nappo (IT).
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