Typhinellus labiatus
(de Cristofori & Jan, 1832)
Mediterranean to, possibly, São Tomé; to Sénégal assuredly.
Predator in the infralittoral and the circalittoral.
Original taxon: Murex labiatus.
4m deep, under stone, near Posidonia field, Cabo de Palos, Murcia, S. Spain. 14mm.
« Labiatus nob. (labro alato). » – de Cristofori & Jan: Catalogus rerum naturalium in museo extantium J. de Cristofori et G. Jan vol. II Conch., Milano 1832, Fossilia p.11.
 
Synonyms: fistulatus, fistulosus, syphonellus…
40-45m deep, Palermo, NW. Sicily. 16mm.
Murex fistulosus in H. M. D. de Blainville: “Malacozoaires ou Animaux Mollusques”, Faune française plate V B.
10m deep, Gulf of Baratti, Piombino, Toscana, W. Italy. 17mm.
Murex fistulatus sensu Risso: « Shell glaucous gray; seven whorls of spire (the two of the summit mammillated) transversely costulate; the radials are lamelliform, provided posteriorly with extended spines. Great coralligenous depths. »

50m deep, Poetto, Cagliari, S. Sardinia. 15,5mm.
30m deep, Poetto. 14mm.
Zanclean specimen (5,3-3,6 Ma) from Molins de Rei, Baix Llobregat, Barcelona, Catalunya, NE. Spain. 19mm. Original pictures provided by P. Massicard for gbif.org – (CC BY).
Juvenile.
25m deep, Korčula island, Dubrovnik-Neretva Comitat, S. Croatia. 6mm. Original pictures provided by N. Lete (HR).
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Young.
75m deep, in coralligen, Saronic Gulf, SE. Greece. 9mm.
Apical area.

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