Weinkauffia turgidula (Forbes, 1844)
Aegean Sea to Canarias and Sénégal.
Grazer in the infralittoral and circalittoral.
Original taxon: Bulla turgidula.
Synonyms: diaphana Aradas & Maggiore, gibbulus Jeffreys.
30m deep, in grit, Malalongue lighthouse Point, Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat, Alpes-Maritimes, SE. France. 1,5mm.
A specimen from shallow infralittoral, collected at 3m deep, in grit, at the foot of the citadel, south of the harbour, Methóni, Messinia, Peloponnese, SW. Greece. 3,2mm.
Downsslope transportation?
150m deep, in grit, Estepona. 2,7mm.
Spiral sculpture on extremities, body smooth.
5m deep, Siracusa, E. Sicily. 5mm.
Scaphander gibbulus in J. G. Jeffreys: “On the marine Testacea of the Piedmontese coast”, Annals and Magazine of Natural History ser. II vol. XVII, London 1856, plate II fig.20-21.
 
« Testa ovata, turgida, nitidissima, hyalina, utrinque striis circiter 10 flexuosis versus extremitates approximantibus concentrice insculpta, in medio laevissima; vertice subtruncato, umbilicato, ad marginem exteriorem incrassato; apertura in medio coarctata, superne augulata patula, subtus canaliculata; columella ad basin imiplicata […] The animal is flesh-coloured. » – J. G. Jeffreys: op. cit p.188.
20cm deep, Vičja Luka cove, western coast of Brač Island, Split-Dalmatia Comitat, S. Croatia. Original pictures provided by R. Stanić (HR) – (CC BY-NC-SA).

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