Ectoparasit in the infralittoral-circalittoral.
Original taxon: Turbo lacteus.
Synonyms: campanellae, costulata, elegantissimus, turritella… Sacco gives a great number of pointless variants.
Subtidal, Anse des Sablons, Saint-Servan-sur-Mer, Saint-Malo, NE. Brittany, NW. France. Original picture provided by P. Corbrion for iNaturalist – (CC BY-NC-SA).
At low tide, on stone in fine sand among algae, Domino, Oléron island, W. France. 4,4mm.
At low tide, in shellgrit, La Poudrière, Surville-Plage, Cotentin, W. Normandy, NW. France. 3,5-4,5mm. H. Proes legit (DE).
Shell conical. Protoconch of type B. Whorls a little convex; radials opisthocline, slightly sinusoid, separated by deep and narrow furrows, rapidly vanishing at the periphery of the last whorl. – 50m deep, Scilla, Calabria, SW. Italy. 5mm.
