Emarginula huzardii Payraudeau, 1826
Western Cádiz to Cabo Verde, Madeira to Mediterranean.
Predator on sessile preys in the infralittoral.
 
« Shell oval, patelliform, much depressed, white; apex subcentral, short, slightly reflexed; numerous primary radial costae; secondary radial costae weaker; transversal striae; margin crenulate. » – B. C. Payraudeau: Catalogue descriptif et méthodique des annelides et des mollusques de l’îe de Corse, Paris 1826, pages 92-93.

5m deep, on sponges, Cabo de Palo, Murcia, S. Spain. 12mm.
Synonyms: crebrisculpta, depressa, papillosa…
 
« Dedicated to Mr. Huzard, member of the Philomathic Society of Paris. » – Young specimen from 6m deep, on granitic substract, among small Posidonia patches and rough sand pockets, Ghjunchitu Bay, Isola Rossa, NW. Corsica. 4,8mm.
The species in J. Thiele: “Scissurelliden und Fissurelliden”, Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet Bd.2:Abt.4a, Nürnberg 1912, plate X fig.12.
Young specimen, rather flat (form “depressa”) from 25m deep, in sediments, at the base of a rocky wall between Sapri and Acquafredda, Campanian border, SW. Italy. 3,7mm.
Same spot. 6,2mm.
Large adult from the rocky infralittoral at Castelan beach, north of Rovinj, Istria, N. Croatia. 27mm. Original pictures provided by N. Lete (HR) – (CC BY-NC-SA).
Young and immature specimens from 45m deep, Cannizzaro, Catania, E. Sicily. 6,6-7,4mm. This image provides two interesting informations: after a certain stage, the shell widens more than it lengthens; during the growth, some interspaces between the radials can develop later than others.
36m deep, San Giovanni Li Cuti, Catania. 5,9-7,9mm.

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