Carinorbis clathrata (Philippi, 1844) |
Cantabrian Sea to Canarias, Mediterranean. Ectoparasit of some seashells – nested in byssal threads of Pteria hirundo (Linnaeus 1758), or fixed on some Pectinids – in infralittoral and circalittoral. The west-african Carinorbis volumen Peñas & Rolán 2001, is a larger species with a wider aperture. Original taxon: Fossarus clathratus. A large specimen, found attached on a Pecten jacobaeus (Linnaeus, 1758). 26m deep, Zadar area, Croatia. 10,4mm. Original pictures provided by R. Stanić (HR). – (CC BY-NC-SA) – |
Another specimen on its Pecten. Original picture provided by A. Petani (HR). – (CC BY-NC-SA) – |
« Fossarus clathratus: testa ovato-oblonga; anfractibus rotundatis; cingulis transversis rotundatis, lineisque longitudinalibus sublamellaribus in interstitiis cingulorum sculpta; interstitiis cingulorum angustis. […] Differt a priore [Fossarus Adansonii Philippi, syn. of F. ambiguus Linn.] praeter sculpturam; spira exserta, anfractibus rotundatis, umbilico majore… » – R. A. Philippi: Enumeratio molluscorum Siciliae vol. II, Berlin 1844, p.148. Synonym: Nerita costata Brocchi. 50m deep, Scilla, Calabria, SW. Italy. 3-5mm. |
Junior synonym for the genus: Clathrella Récluz, 1864. Same spot. 4mm. |
Same spot. Juvenile. 0,6mm. |
On beach, La Franqui, Leucate, Occitania, S. France. 1,2mm. Original pictures provided by S. Clanzig (FR). – (CC BY-NC-SA) – |
Scilla, 50m. Large adult. 6,5mm. |
20m deep, Málaga, Andalucia. 5,3mm. |
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