Predator and ovophagous in the infralittoral.
Original taxon: Murex scriptus. Synonyms: corniculatum, flaminea, glaber, laevigata, lanceolata…
Form “flaminea”: shallow water, under stones, Anse de l’Arène, Cassis, Provence, S. France. 12-14mm.
Buccinum Linnaei in B. C. Payraudeau: Catalogue descriptif et méthodique des annelides et des mollusques de l’île de Corse, Paris 1826, plate VIII figs.11-12 (left and right), and in the collection of the Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle de Paris (center), syntype MNHN-IM-2000-6967 – Original pictures provided by M. Caballer for the MNHN – (CC BY).
Marina di Leporano, Taranto, Puglia, S. Italy. 11,5-12mm.
Original picture provided by J. Regàs – (CC BY-NC-SA).
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