Hemiliostraca clandestina
(Mifsud & Ovalis, 2019)
S. Turkey to Israel, Gulf of Aqaba… Ectoparasite on unknown echinoderms of the infralittoral, maybe deeper. Original taxon: Sticteulima clandestina.
 
Two brownish spiral bands per whorl: one a little above the periphery, one far below; the latter, always hidden under the suture, appears only on the last whorl. – Above: holotype NMNHM 15428 at the National Museum of Natural History Mdina, Malta. Collected in grit at 6m deep, Taşuku, Silifke, Mersin Province, SE. Turkey. 2,1mm.

Source: gruppomalacologicoscalaria.org.
Original pictures provided by A. Nappo (IT).
(CC BY-NC-SA)

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