Musculus costulatus (Risso, 1826) |
British Isles to Mediterranean. Attached to rocks, stones and algae, from the low intertidal to upper circalittoral. Original taxon: Modiolus costulatus. Washed ashore, attached to a branch, Mimice, Omiš, Split-Dalmatia comitat, S. Croatia. 11mm. Original pictures provided by N. Lete (HR) – (CC BY-NC-SA). |
Juvenile from the shore, Anse Bernardi, Port-Vendres, Eastern Pyrenees, S. France. 3,6mm. |
Modiolus costulatus in A. Risso: Histoire naturelle… vol. IV, Paris 1826, via BHL. « Shell smooth, shiny, quite thin, of a bland greenish mottled with reddish, anteriorly and posteriorly carved with nodulous radial striae; interspaces smooth and flat. In coralligen. » |
El Forat (al Fourat), Paulilles, Port-Vendres. 3,7-5,5mm. |
Cap Ras, Llançà, Girona, Catalunya, NE. Spain. 7mm. |
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