E. Mediterranean. Scavenger in the infralittoral down to the continental shelf: « Haas (1951) came acreoss this species in 56 out of 125 bottom samples taken all over the continental shelf of the Mediterranean coast of Israel. It was encountered in samples taken from depths of 18-135m. » &bndash; H. K. Mienis: “Nassarius louisi (Pallary, 1912) (= N. zambakidisi Nofroni & Savona, 1987): an overlooked species from the Eastern Mediterranean”, La Conchiglia 224-225, Roma 1987, p.10. Original taxon : Nassa cuvierii var. “louisi”.
« This pretty variant is distinct from the type by its projecting reticulated surface resembling a N. reticulata L. in miniature. We are happy to dedicate it to our kind collaborator. » – P. Pallary: “Liste des Mollusques marins des côtes de la Syrie”, La Feuille des Jeunes Naturalistes vol. 42, Paris 1912, p.172.
« This pretty variant is distinct from the type by its projecting reticulated surface resembling a N. reticulata L. in miniature. We are happy to dedicate it to our kind collaborator. » – P. Pallary: “Liste des Mollusques marins des côtes de la Syrie”, La Feuille des Jeunes Naturalistes vol. 42, Paris 1912, p.172.
In shallow grit, Potamos tou Liopetri, east of Lárnakos Kólpos, SE. Cyprus. 6mm. Protoconch gone.
Notice the characteristic bulbous protoconch.
« When in 1987 the Tritia louisi (Pallary, 1912) was pretty much unknown, it was described as Nassarius zambakidisi Nofroni & Savona, 1987. Later on, the taxon Nassa cuvierii var. louisi Pallary, 1912 was rediscovered and so Nassarius zambakidisi Nofroni & Savona, 1987 became a synonym. The interesting thing, is that this specimen cames from the collection of T. Zambakidis and was collected on 1974! » – A. Nappo on Facebook. – Same spot. 7mm. Original pictures provided by A. Nappo (IT) – (CC BY-NC-SA).