| Euthria cornea (Linnaeus, 1758) |
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Mediterranean and adjacent waters.
Predator on bivalves, and scavenger, in the infralittoral.
Original taxon: Murex corneus.
In nets, Napoli, W. Italy. 54mm. |
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Synonyms: aduncus, alba, conulus, gracilis, lignarius…
Animal yellow orange to orange red.
Cala d’Aiguafreda, Begur area, Girona, Catalunya, NE. Spain. Original picture provided by josepvilanova for iNaturalist.
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Young specimens can be very coloured.
Pointe Rouge, Marseille, Provence, S. France. Original picture provided by slebris for iNaturalist – (CC BY-NC). |
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Females laying eggs at Cerbère harbour, Pyrénées-Orientales, S. France. Original picture provided by slebris for iNaturalist.
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| 1m, on rock, Baħar-iċ-Ċagħaq (Naxxa), N. Malta. 63mm. |
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| Found at 1-2m deep, among rocks along the eastern mole, Taşucu, Silifke, Mersin province, SE. Turkey. 63mm. |
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Fusus lignarius in H. M. D. de Blainville: “Malacozoaires ou Animaux Mollusques”, Faune française, Paris 1828-1830?, plate IV A.
« Shell thick, solid, oval, subturriculate; whorls 9, the two first ones completely smooth and mammilated, the following four being nodulose, the three last ones finely striated with growth lines, and depressed or subcanaliculate below the suture; aperture oval, with smooth margins, a rather short canal slighly upwardly incurved, and a well marked angular sinus at the junction of the two rims; colour whitish, irregularly veined outside with red or brown, violaceous or chocolate-red inside, and sometimes entirely brown, with a subsutural line articulated with brown and white. » |
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Above and below, specimens from deeper water.
35-40m deep, in Alger Bay, Algeria. 44mm. |
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| Variants crassa, crassilabra, elongata, polita, sordida, caprica, syracusana… 46-47mm. |
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| A pale pair from Jerba island, Tunisia. 45-46,5mm. |
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| Small adult collected under rock at 8m, Skópelos island, Sporades archipelago, central Aegean. 25,5mm. |
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Dark specimen found at 3m deep, on muddy gravel, among Posidonia, shallow water, SE. end of Elounda bay, NW. coast of Kolpos Mirabellou, Lassithi, N. Crete. 35mm. This form seems restricted to some sheltered places in eastern Mediterranean. |
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| 1m deep, on rock exposed to sun, northern shore of Kolokitha beach, southeastern coast of Elounda peninsula. 28,5mm. |
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| 4m deep, on rock, Kyriamadhi, south-east of Vernechodhi hill, north of Itanos, Palaikastro, east of Sitia, E. Crete. 28,5mm. |
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Above and below:
dark specimens from SW. Sardinia. 1m deep, on sand, Sant’Antioco island, Carbonia-Iglesias province. |
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| The dark colour is often found on specimens living in shallow lagunar systems. 41-46,5mm. |
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| In the channel, Illa de Portlligat, north of Cadaqués, Alt Empordà, Girona, Catalunya, NE. Spain. 50-52mm. |
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| 1,5m deep, under a flat rock, Sant Antoni shore, Portlligat. 47,5mm. |
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| Banded specimen trawled at 30-50m deep, off Tarragona, Catalunya. 52,4mm. |