| Clio pyramidata Linnaeus, 1767 |
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| A worldwide pelagic species. Predator and suspension feeder on microplankton, in the photic zone after dawn, in deeper waters during the day. Linnaeus gives a rather short description: « Pyramidal sheath with an obliquely cut mouth. » (t.1, pt.2, Mollusca, p.1094). 500m deep, Banco di Santa-Lucia, 65km (35 naut.) north of the Cape Corse (Capicorsu), Ligurian Sea, NW. Italy. 6mm. |
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| Synonyms: brownii, exacuta, lanceolata, occidentalis… 500m deep, 12 miles off Isla de Alborán. 10,4mm. |
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| 110m deep, off Motril, Andalucia. 4,5mm. The embryonic extremity measures circa 0,3mm. |
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| When disturbed, the animal can completely retract inside its shell. 50m deep, Scilla, Calabria, SW. Italy. 5mm. |
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| The animal in H.-M. D. de Blainville: Manuel de malacologie et de conchyliologie, Paris 1827, plate XLVI via BHL. It has been shown that the species is loosing its shell in the southern hemisphere, due to ocean acidification. |
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| Leucate, Occitania, S. France. Notice the incompletely preserved embryonic shell, truncated in its middle. 3,5mm. Original picture provided by S. Clanzig (FR). – (CC BY-NC-SA) – |
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| An adult among filaments of its fishing web, pictured off the eastern coast of Florida. USNM 1450163 - Specimen Image 4. Original picture provided by K. Osborn for the Smithsonian Institution, NMNH, Invertebrate Zoology – (CCØ). |
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