Obesula marisnostri Bouchet, 1985 |
Mediterranean. Predator on sponges in the infralittoral-circalittoral. Teleoconch conical, slightly inflated. Whorls rather flat,
separated from each other by a deep suture, somewhat canaliculate. Three granulose spiral cords per whorl, the middle one appearing later. On the last whorl, a fourth spiral cord appears, with weak granulations. Basal cords smooth: external one is visible, internal one is not obvious. The colour is monochrome, of a yellowish white to ochre, depending of the individuals. This is the only mediterranean Triphorid with an unicarinate protoconch. 80m deep, northern coast of Morocco. 6,1mm. Source: gruppomalacologicoscalaria.org. Original pictures provided by A. Nappo (IT). – (CC BY-NC-SA) – |
A pale specimen collected at 80m deep, on red coral bottom, Lastovo island, Dubrovnik-Neretva Comitat, S. Croatia. 8,8mm. Original pictures provided by R. Stanić (HR). – (CC BY-NC-SA) – |
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