Ervilia castanea (Montagu, 1803)
Azores, English Channel & S. Ireland to Mediterranean & Black Sea. « An active shallow burrower in sand on wave exposed beaches. » Low intertidal to shallow sublittoral (MBSBI).
Original taxon: Donax castaneus. Synonym: pusilla Philippi.
A pale specimen from Venezia, Veneto, NE. Italy. 8mm.

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