Pseudomangelia sicula (Reeve, 1846) |
Central Mediterranean. Predator in the infralittoral-circalittoral. Original taxon: Mangelia sicula. Protoconch multispiral, very slender (here, broken). The fist whorls of the teleoconch show some angled shoulder at their periphery; the following ones become rounded, somewhat gibbous. Radial sculpture slightly undumating, orthocline, with a thin spiral microribbing that appears between the radials. Above and below: specimens in beach drift, Il-Bajja s-Sabiħa, Birżebbuġa, southeastern coast of Malta. 10,2mm. Original pictures provided by A. Nappo (IT). – (CC BY-NC-SA) – |
The suture is marked, the spiral striae very numerous. The colour varies from chestnut-brown (Reeve) to that orange. |
Same spot. 10,2mm. |
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