| Solecurtus scopula (Turton, 1822) |
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British Isles southwards to, at least, Mauritania and Canarias; Azores to Mediterranean. Intertidal to upper shelf. Deeply burrowed in sediments with a part of silt. Deposit feeder. Original taxon: Psammobia scopula.
20m deep, in sand, Málaga, Andalucia, S. Spain. 57mm. |
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A scopula is a brush, a little broom.
Above and below: trawled at 30m deep, off Málaga. 51-52mm. |
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| Synonyms: albicans, albus, candidus, multistriatus … The species is always white. |
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Shell kidney-shaped, striate in two directions on the anterior side, with all the teeth erect […] and close together,
one subulate and a little recurved, the other flat. – W. Turton: Conchylia dithyra insul. Britannicarum, Cassel 1848, via BHL. |
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Der Solen von Sanct Martha.« Testa ovali, intus et extus alba, oblique striata,
et postice rotundata, utroque latere valde hiante, cerdinis dente duplici recurvato in valvula dextra, margine cardinis prominulo. » – Martini, Chemnitz & al.:
Neues systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet 11 Bd., Nürnberg 1795, via BHL. |
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| Solecurtus scopula in J. G. Hidalgo: Moluscos marinos de España, Portugal y las Baleares, Madrid 1870, via BHL. |
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| Solecurtus candidus in G. P. Deshayes: “Histoire naturelle des mollusques”, Atlas, Exploration scientifique de l’Algérie,
Paris 1844-1867, via BHL. |
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| 50m deep, Poetto, Cagliari, S. Sardinia. 51mm. |