| Euspira macilenta (Philippi, 1844) |
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| Madeira to Mediterranean. Absent in the Aegean Sea. Predator on seashells in the infralittoral, on sandy bottoms. Basionym: Natica macilenta. The most slender Moon-snail of Mediterranean. Shell glossy, of a pale brown background with a blurry pattern of chestnut flames or arrowheads, crossed by an uncoloured subsutural spiral area. Microsculpture made up of tiny prosocline growth striae. Umbilicus open, with a carved spiral furrow. A triangular parietal callus, whitish posteriorly, brownish anteriorly, covers the adapical extremity. Aperture angled posteriorly. Pale specimen from 25-35m deep, in sand, Estepona, Málaga, Andalucia, S. Spain. 13-14mm. |
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| Animal white, often half burrowed. Specimens from Aigues-Mortes Gulf, Gard, S. France. Top: about 18m deep, off Espiguette Point. Bottom: 9m deep, Port-Camargue Beach. Original pictures provided by F. André for iNaturalist (observations 279514746 and 258987287 – (CC BY-NC). |
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