Chama gryphoides Linnaeus, 1758 |
N. Carolina to Caribbean, Galicia to Canarias, Azores to Mediterranean. Intertidal to deep circalittoral. 1m deep, on a rhizome of Posidonia, Giorgino beach, Cagliari, S. Sardinia. 13mm. |
Synonyms: cavernosa, sessilis, unicornis. 30m deep, off Poetto, Cagliari. 15,5mm. |
40m deep, off Almería, Andalucia, S. Spain. 11-12mm. |
The species in Tableau encyclopédique et méthodique… Histoire naturelle des Vers — Atlas tome 2, Paris 1827. |
Chama gryphoides in C. F. Schumacher: Essai d’un nouveau système des habitations des vers testacés plate XII, fig. 4. |
100m deep, Saronic Gulf, central Greece. 24,7mm. |
Absence of radial microsculpture. |
Same spot. 21,5mm. |
Shallow water, on shipwreck, Bastia harbour, NE. Corsica, 1965. 24mm. Collection E. Vial (FR). |
50m deep, off Poetto, Cagliari, S. Sardinia. 33mm. |
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