| Pododesmus squama (Gmelin, 1791) |
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Iceland & Norway to South Africa, Mediterranean. Suspension feder, from the lower intertidal down to 100m deep, fixed on stones, hard debris or other shells. Original taxon: Patella squama. A Synonym could be glauca Monterosato.
Found on dead valve of Mactra, intertidal, entrance of Ayrolles lagoon, Gruissan, Occitania, S. France. 23mm. |
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| 10m deep, attached inside a valve of Callista chione, NW. shore of Vouliagmeni marine lake, west of Perachora, Loutraki area, northeastern Korinthia, Greece. 13,5mm. |
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| Young specimen attached to the columella of a wrecked Galeodea echinophora (Linnaeus, 1758). Entrance of Ayrolles lagoon, Gruissan-Plage, Aude, Occitania, S. France. 5mm. |
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The sculpture of the upper valve varies from weak concentric marks crossed by obsolete radials to a marked pattern of numerous minutely imbricated riblets ( MBSBI). 80-100m deep, in coralligen, Mljet island, off Dubrovnik, S. Croatia. 14mm.
Original pictures provided by N. Lete (HR).
– (CC BY-NC-SA) – |
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| Same spot. 48mm. A squamose squama. Original picture provided by N. Lete (HR) – (CC BY-NC-SA). |
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| Inside valves of Callista chione, Ayrolles lagoon. |
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| Infralittoral by night, anse de la Touesse, north of Saint-Coulomb, NE. Brittany, NW. France. Original picture provided by P. Corbrion for iNaturalist – (CC BY-NC-SA). |
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On a valve of Mytilus edulis, Mount-Saint-Michel’s Bay,
NE. Brittany. |
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| Specimen from N. Atlantic: 100m deep, in a shell of dead Neptunea despecta (Linnaeus, 1758), Faxaflói, W. Iceland. 13mm. |