Melanella alba (da Costa, 1778)
Norway to Mediterranean. It has been suggested that the Holoturian Neopentadactyla mixta (Östergen, 1848) was the host of this species in Atlantic (Cabioch & al., 1978), while this could be Pseudothynoe raphanus (Duben & Koren, 1845) in Mediterranean (Scuderi & Criscione, 2011). Hence, the species occurs in the infralittoral and circalittoral levels.

Original taxon: Strombiformis albus.
Synonyms: anglica, porcellana, subangulata.
Microsculpture made up of numerous vertical thin striae.
Shellgrit, l’Escala, Girona, Costa Brava, E. Spain. 10,6mm.

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