Callochiton calcatus
dell’Angelo & Palazzi, 1994
Mediterranean.
On hard substrate, from the low infralittoral down to about 100m deep.
 
The species bears very thin longitudinal threads along the keel, mostly visible near the extremities; the valves bear a rough sculpture, especially on the flanks where the granules are more irregularly scattered, most of them being dark coloured. Above and below: a large specimen from 55m deep, Saronic Gulf, SW. Aegean. 9,3mm. The longitudinal threads are less discernible than usually.
Anterior (top) and posterior (bottom) extremities of this specimen. The valves are strongly angulated and more elevated than in doriae or in the small species stefaniae.
Details of the girdle.

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