Pododesmus squama (Gmelin, 1791)
Iceland & Norway to South Africa, Mediterranean. Suspension feder, from the lower intertidal down to 100m deep, fixed on stones, hard debris or other shells. Original taxon: Patella squama. A Synonym could be glauca Monterosato.

Found on dead valve of Mactra, intertidal, entrance of Ayrolles lagoon, Gruissan, Occitania, S. France. 23mm.
10m deep, attached inside a valve of Callista chione, NW. shore of Vouliagmeni marine lake, west of Perachora, Loutraki area, northeastern Korinthia, Greece. 13,5mm.
Young specimen attached to the columella of a wrecked Galeodea echinophora (Linnaeus, 1758). Entrance of Ayrolles lagoon, Gruissan-Plage, Aude, Occitania, S. France. 5mm.
The sculpture of the upper valve varies from weak concentric marks crossed by obsolete radials to a marked pattern of numerous minutely imbricated riblets (MBSBI). 80-100m deep, in coralligen, Mljet island, off Dubrovnik, S. Croatia. 14mm. Original pictures provided by N. Lete (HR) – (CC BY-NC-SA).
Same spot. 48mm. A squamose squama. Original picture provided by N. Lete (HR) – (CC BY-NC-SA).
Inside valves of Callista chione, Ayrolles lagoon.
Infralittoral by night, anse de la Touesse, north of Saint-Coulomb, NE. Brittany, NW. France. Original picture provided by P. Corbrion for iNaturalist.
Specimen from N. Atlantic: 100m deep, in a shell of dead Neptunea despecta (Linnaeus, 1758), Faxaflói, W. Iceland. 13mm.

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