On rocks in freshwater; micrograzer.
Original taxon: Neritina anatolica.
The species is very close to macrii (Sowerby, 1849) but differs by its zebrated pattern, while macrii is uniformly dark.
A specimen from Tiberias area, on the western shore of the Sea of Galilee, E. Israel. 5,5mm. Henk K. Mienis legit (IL).
Sowerby’s Conchological illustrations only gave a picture, and no description. It was not until the second volume of the Thesaurus conchyliorum that an explanation appeared, complemented by a figure from the plate CIV (inset above): « Of a globose form, inclining to oval, with a tendency to contraction in the middle of the last whorl or nearer the upper part. » – op. cit. p.531.– This “contraction” does not appear in most specimens. – Same spot. Young shell. 3mm.
