Euspira macilenta (Philippi, 1844)
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.
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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