Tritia pellucida Risso, 1826
Mediterranean.
Scavenger in the shallow infralittoral, in sheltered places.
Original taxon: Cyclope pellucida. Synonym: donavania.
On sand in shallow water, off the dam, Pointe Rouge, Marseille, Provence, S.&nbvsp;France. Original picture provided by S. Le Bris for iNaturalist – (CC BY-NC).
The “Cyclope de Donavan”, fig. 56 of the plate IV in the 4th volume of A. Risso’s Histoire naturelle des principales productions de l’Europe méridionale, Paris 1826.
 
The genus Cyclope was described as follows: « shell oval, depressed; whorls flat; suture scarcely traced; perfect peritreme often covering the lower whorl to the left; edge of the siphon notched with obtuse angles; operculum horny, entire. » (Risso, op. cit. p.169).
« Shell solid, a little thin, translucent, smooth, subhyalin and very glossy. » – A. Locard: “Monographie des espèces de la famille des Buccinidae”, Annales de la Société Linnéenne de Lyon vol. XXXIII, Lyon 1886, p.27.
 
2m deep, city beach, Isola Rossa, NW. Corsica. 5mm.
According to Scaperrotta, Bartolini & Bogi, the little shell is a very juvenile – probable downslope transportation at 50m deep, Scilla, Messina Strait, SW. Italy. 1,2mm.
Ensenada de los Berengueles, Punta de la Mona, east of La Herradura, Granada, Andalucia, S. Spain. Original picture provided by v_s_ for iNaturalist – (CC BY-NC).
A young from Marina di Davia, Corbara, NW. Corsica. 3,4mm.
On the beach, Taranto, Puglia, S. Italy. 6mm.
Original pictures provided by A. Capici (IT).
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