Turbonilla lactea (Linnaeus, 1758)
Norway to Canarias, Azores to Mediterranean.
Ectoparasit in the infralittoral-circalittoral.
Original taxon: Turbo lacteus.
Synonyms: campanellae, costulata, elegantissimus, turritella… Sacco gives a great number of pointless variants.
Subtidal, Anse des Sablons, Saint-Servan-sur-Mer, Saint-Malo, NE. Brittany, NW. France. Original picture provided by P. Corbrion for iNaturalist – (CC BY-NC-SA).
Specimen from NE. Atlantic.
At low tide, on stone in fine sand among algae, Domino, Oléron island, W. France. 4,4mm.
Specimens from English Channel.
At low tide, in shellgrit, La Poudrière, Surville-Plage, Cotentin, W. Normandy, NW. France. 3,5-4,5mm. H. Proes legit (DE).
55m deep, Ognina, catania, E. Sicilia. 4,8mm.
Shell conical. Protoconch of type B. Whorls a little convex; radials opisthocline, slightly sinusoid, separated by deep and narrow furrows, rapidly vanishing at the periphery of the last whorl. – 50m deep, Scilla, Calabria, SW. Italy. 5mm.
Young specimen. Intertidal, Punta del Carnero, Algeciras, Andalucia. 2,5mm.
Another specimen from NE. Brittany.
Subtidal, pointe de Garel, north of Saint-Suliac, Bassin de la Rance, Saint-Malo area. Original picture provided by P. Corbrion for iNaturalist.
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