| Pseudosimnia carnea (Poiret, 1789) |
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| Azores to Mediterranean, Cantabrian Sea to Canarias, to Sénégal (Fehse & al., 2010). Predator on Polyps (red coral, gorgonians) in the circalittoral and the continental shelf, occasionally in some twilight zones of the infralittoral. Original taxon: Bulla carnea. Synonyms: cepula, dentata, lepida, nucleus… 150-200m deep, Málaga, Andalucia, S. Spain. 11mm. |
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| The average form of this species is more inflated and less rostrated than in the extreme variant ex forma “angusta” Celzard, and less rhomboid than in juanjosensii, the other species of Pseudosimnia that live in syntpoy with carnea. 20-30m deep, Alger bay, Algeria. 10-10,7mm. |
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| A white shell collected on red coral, Alghero, Sassari, NW. Sardinia. 14mm. |
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| Colour variations in the population of Alghero. 12-16mm. Original pictures provided by A. Nappo (IT). – (CC BY-NC-SA) – |
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| Stocky “alba” and brownish “angusta” from Corsica. Original pictures provided by B. Cunningham Aparicio (ES). – (CC BY-NC-SA) – |
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| Above and below: very uncommon striated sculpture on these specimens from the southern coast of Gibraltar Strait. 9-12mm. |
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| This could be the variant “dorsolirata” Coen, 1949. |
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| 80m deep, coral debris, Lastovo island, Dubrovnik-Neretva Comitat, S. Croatia. 14,5mm. Original pictures provided by A. Nappo (IT) – (CC BY-NC-SA). |
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| Subadult “alba” from coral debris collected at 80-100m deep, Mljet island, Dubrovnik-Neretva Comitat. 15mm. Original pictures provided by N. Lete (HR) – (CC BY-NC-SA). |
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