| Tritia neritea (Linnaeus, 1758) |
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Galicia to Morocco, Mediterranean, Black Sea. Introduced in some places of Brittany (Plouézec, 2008; Bay of la Fresnaye, 2013) and W. France (Arcachon Basin, 1976), near shell-farming areas. Scavenger and detritus feeder in the intertidal and the shallow subtidal, on muddy sand, in estuaries and other sheltered places. The species is euryhaline and can stand also high temperatures. Original taxon: Buccinum neriteum.
Marzocca di Senigallia, Ancona, Marche, NE. Italy. 14-14,5mm.
Original pictures provided by A. Capici (IT).
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Synonyms: asterizans, carinata, italica, kamiesch, nana, neritoides, tarentina, unifasciata, vayssierei, vernicata…
2-3m deep, on sand, Katerini, Pieria district, Central Macedonia, N. Greece. 11-13mm. |
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| Dark variant, found in a population living in a small lake in the east of the airport, Samos island, eastern Aegean. 10mm. |
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In this species, populations vary more than their members.
Ayrolles lagoon, Gruissan, Occitania, S. France. 11-13mm. |
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The species in H. M. D. de Blainville:
Malacozoaires, Paris 1828, plate 7a. |
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Live specimen crawling near Rab, Croatia.
Original picture provided by R. Pillon (IT) for WoRMS.
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| Buccinum neriteum in H. C. Kuster: “Die Gattungen Buccinum, Purpura, Concholepas und Monoceros”, Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet Bd.3:Abt.1, Nürnberg 1858, plate VI. |
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| Shallow water, Pointe de l’Espiguette, Le-Grau-du-Roi, Gard, S. France. Original picture provided by J. Renoult for iNaturalist – (CC BY-NC). |
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A specimen from shallow mudddy sand, Port Leucate, Occitania, S. France.
Original picture provided by A. Bertrand (FR).
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Same spot.
Original picture provided by A. Bertrand (FR).
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| Subadult from Dardanelles Channel: shallow water, Kepez, Çanakkale, SW. Marmara Region, NW. Turkey. 6,5mm. |
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| 2m deep, Lovrećina Bay, Postira, Brač Island, Split-Dalmatia Comitat, S. Croatia. 10mm. Original pictures provided by R. Stanić (HR) – (CC BY-NC-SA). |