Conus vayssierei Pallary, 1906
Canale di Sicilia, from Lampedusa south to the Gulf of Gabès.
Predator in the infralittoral.
Original taxon: Conus mediterraneus vayssierei.
 
« Morph characterized by a very depressed, almost horizontal spire, and by the width of the upper part of the last whorl. » – P. Pallary: “Addition à la faune malacologique du Golfe de Gabès”, Journal de Conchyliologie vol. 54(2), Paris 1906, p.78.

1m deep, Sidi Youssef, west end of Gharbi, Kerkennah islands. 19,2mm. Original pictures provided by A. Nappo (IT).
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