Grazer and detritus feeder on rocks and stones in the infralittoral. Original taxon: Rissoa gougeti.
Synonyms: carrozzai, compacta.
15m deep, Algericas, SW. Andalucia, S. Spain. 2mm.
Left: Isla de Tarifa, Strait of Gibraltar. 4,5mm.
Original picture provided by S. Gofas – (CC BY-NC-SA).
Right: Bahia de Algeciras, Getares, beached. 3,7mm.
Original picture provided by Joop Trausel and Frans Slieker, Natural History Museum Rotterdam – (CC BY-NC-SA). Notice the white band at the base of the shells.
« Testâ incrassatâ, ovatâ, luteo-fulvâ, laevigatâ, nitidâ; anfractibus quinis subplanis, suturâ obsoletâ, interdùm ultimo anfractu albo unifasciatâ; aperturâ subrotundatâ; labro acuto; columellâ albâ; apice acutiusculo. […] Mr. Gouget, surgeon-major in the 47th of line infantry, who assiduously engages in natural history, and especially in botany, sent me this species. »