| Centrocardita aculeata (Poli, 1795) |
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| Algarve to Sénégal, Azores to Mediterranean, in the infralittoral, the circalittoral and the continental shelf. Original taxon: Chama aculeata. Synonym: elegans. « Testa subtrapezia, ventricosa; in longum oblique sulcata, transversimque rugosa; aculeis confertis, minimis, acutis, secus costas instructa; margine dentato. » – G. S. Poli: Testacea utriusque Siciliae… vol. II, Parma 1795, p.122. Above and below: 10-15m deep, on sand, Málaga, Andalucia, Spain. 20-22mm. |
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| Can be apricot to orange, to pale brown, rarely white. |
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| « Chama - testa oblonga transversa, subtrapezia, costis 20 compressis squamis fornicatis elevatis asperis; lunula cordata, medio tumida. » – R. A. Philippi: Enumeratio molluscorum Siciliae…, Berlin 1836-1844, via BHL. |
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| 50-80m deep, off Motril, Granada, Andalucia. 25mm. |
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| 150-200m deep, off Palagruža islets, central Adriatic. Size about 20mm. Original pictures provided by N. Lete (HR). – (CC BY-NC-SA) – |
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