Mitrella gervillii (Payraudeau, 1826)
Mediterranean and adjacent Atlantic.
Predator in the infralittoral (under stones and near Posidonia) and the circalittoral (red coral bottoms). The species is less slender than Mitrella scripta, taller, with a straighter labial margin and more labial teeth (« dentelli interni più piccoli e numerosi »Chiarelli, Micali & Quadri, 2003), and shows a high variability of colours and patterns.
 
Original taxon: Mitra gervillii. Synonym: Columbella decollata Brusina, as the apex is often missing in adult specimens.

3m deep, under stones, Falasarna bay, W. Crete. 17-18mm.
Almost always some subsutural white blotches. – 1-2m deep, in Posidonia meadows, Kerkennah island, S. Tunisia. 13,5mm.

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