Schilderina achatidea
(Gray in Sowerby II, 1837) |
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Cantabrian Sea to Sénégal, to Adriatic.
Omnivorous in the infralittoral and the circalittoral down to at least 300m deep, on muddy bottoms and in coralligen. Original taxon: Cypraea achatidea.
Variant “bifasciata”. Málaga, Andalucia, S. Spain. 36,5mm. |
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Synonym: grayi Kiener.
Under rocks at 25-30m deep, Málaga. 40mm.
Form “elongata” Pallary. |
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| Same spot, 37mm. A full adult with no traces of spiral banding. |
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| 16 named variants: “longinqua” is one of the most famous. Specimen from Sciacca, Agrigento, S. Sicilia. 38mm. |
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| Variants: “auricoma” Crosse, collected at Mers-el-Kebir, near Oran, Algeria, by M. Debeaux. 31,8mm. This is the holotype MNHN-IM-2000-3531 in the Museum of Natural History, Paris. Original picture provided by M. Caballer – (CC BY). |
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| 175-200m deep, Isla de Alborán, 31mm. Original picture provided by S. Gofas (ES) for WoRMS – (CC BY-NC-SA). |
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« Nice shell from the old days. 39,6mm. Dredged by fishermen in rubble bottom at 50 meters depth. » Off Marina Smir, Tétouan Province, N. Morocco. – Original pictures provided by B. J. Muñoz-Sánchez (ES) – ( CC BY-NC-SA). |