Emarginula adriatica O.G. Costa, 1829

Cantabrian Sea to Morocco, Madeira and lusitanian seamounts to Mediterranean. Predator on sessile preys in rocky environments of the infralittoral, down to the deep circalittoral. Rare in Mediterranean, especially in shallow water; less scarcely fished in 80-200m. Synonym: dubia. 4m deep, Veglia island (Krk), Kvarner bay, N. Croatia. 10,5mm.

The species, under the epithet “papillosa” in J. Thiele: “Scissurelliden und Fissurelliden”, Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet Bd.2:Abt.4a, Nürnberg 1912, plate VII.

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