Synonyms: multilamella Lamarck, nuciformis Locard.
Málaga, Andalucia, S. Spain. 46-47mm.
| Venus nux Gmelin, 1791 |
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| Algarve to Sénégal, Madeira to Mediterranean. Lives in sandy and silty bottoms, from infratidal down to 700m deep. Common on the shelf in the area Gibraltar-Alborán west. Synonyms: multilamella Lamarck, nuciformis Locard. Málaga, Andalucia, S. Spain. 46-47mm. |
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| Cala Candia, Costa Brava, Catalunya, NE. Spain. 46mm. |
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| Young shells from 80-150m deep, Málaga. 20-21mm. |
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| Venus multilamella in Pereira da Costa & al.: Mollusques tertiaires du Portugal — planches, Lisboa 1903-1904. |
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| 150m deep, off Adra, Almería, Andalucia. 39mm. |
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| 300m deep, on mud, off Motril, Granada, Andalucia. 45-46,5mm. |
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| Venus nux in J. G. Hidalgo: Moluscos marinos de España, Portugal y las Baleares, Madrid 1870, via BHL. |
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