Crassopleura maravignae (Bivona Ant. in Bivona And., 1838) |
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Azores and Madeira, Galicia to Selvagen & Sénégal; Seine, Ormonde, Ampère seamounts to central Mediterranean. Predator on mobile preys, in soft bottoms from 20m deep to shelf depths. Original taxon: Pleurotoma maravignae. 60-80m deep, Málaga, Andalucia, S. Spain. 11mm. |
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Synonyms: costulata, elegans. 350m deep, off Málaga. 9-11,5mm. |
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The shell, very solid, is almost constant in shape. « Protoconch markedly cyrtoconoid, with 2-3 smooth whorls. Teleoconch with 5-6 whorls; sculpture of numerous axial ribs, as broad as interspaces, opisthocline with a prosocline inflexion beneath the suture; the whole surface including this sculpture smooth and glossy without any spiral element. Last whorl with inflated profile, not narrowing at all around the siphonal canal; with axial ribs attenuated towards the base. » (WoRMS). The outer lip shows a deep posterior. All the apertural callosities are of a dirty white colour. – 80-90m deep, off Málaga. 9,5-11,5mm. |
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The species is operculate. 50-80m deep, off Poetto, Cagliari, S. Sardinia. 13,6mm. Original pictures provided by A. Nappo (IT) – (CC BY-NC-SA). |
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80-100m deep, in coralligen, Mljet island, Dubrovnik-Neretva Comitat, S. Croatia. Sizes about 10mm. Original pictures provided by N. Lete (HR) – (CC BY-NC-SA). |
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