Chama gryphoides Linnaeus, 1758
N. Carolina to Caribbean, Galicia to Canarias, Azores to Mediterranean. Intertidal to deep circalittoral.
1m deep, on a rhizome of Posidonia, Giorgino beach, Cagliari, S. Sardinia. 13mm.
Synonyms: cavernosa, sessilis, unicornis.
30m deep, off Poetto, Cagliari. 15,5mm.
40m deep, off Almería, Andalucia, S. Spain. 11-12mm.
The species in Tableau encyclopédique et méthodique… Histoire naturelle des Vers — Atlas tome 2, Paris 1827.
Chama gryphoides in C. F. Schumacher: Essai d’un nouveau système des habitations des vers testacés plate XII, fig. 4.
100m deep, Saronic Gulf, central Greece. 24,7mm.
Absence of radial microsculpture.
Same spot. 21,5mm.
Shallow water, on shipwreck, Bastia harbour, NE. Corsica, 1965. 24mm. Collection E. Vial (FR).
50m deep, off Poetto, Cagliari, S. Sardinia. 33mm.

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