Heliconoides inflatus (d’Orbigny, 1834)
Worldwide warm seas. Swimming suspension feeder in the neritic zone, occcasionally in large swarms.
Epipelagic. Diurnal migrator.
Original taxon: Atlanta inflata.
Synonyms: appendiculata, elata etc.
The species is endangered by the ocean acidification.
 
1m deep, uvala Stari Trogir, Sevid area, Split-Dalmatia Comitat, W. Croatia. Original picture provided by V. Cetinić-Koća (HR).
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Whorls up to 3. On the last whorl, a strong rib runs over the dorsal side and projects over the margin, forming the apertural tooth, of variable shape and size. Sometimes two ribs occur, each on one side of the last whorl. Umbilicus narrow and deep.

Specimens from 35m deep, Riccione, Rimini, Emilia-Romagna, NE. Italy. 0,7-1mm.
600m deep, off Gökkçeada island (Ímvros nisi), entrance of Saros Bay, NW. Çanakkale province, NE. Aegean. 0,9mm.
500m deep, Banco di Santa-Lucia, 65km (35 naut.) north of the Cape Corse (Capicorsu), Ligurian Sea, NW. Italy. 0,9mm.
40m deep, off Le Scole, south of the harbour, Isola del Giglio, Toscana, W. Italy. 1mm.
A specimen from Bermuda. Original picture provided by K. Santana Rodriguez for the Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences – (CC BY).

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