CEPHALASPIDEA

Family: Aglajidae Pilsbry, 1895

Aglaja tricolorata Renier, 1807

S. Maria al Bagno (Lecce, Italy) Ionious Sea

E' una specie non troppo comune può essere osservata su fondi molli (Prof. 10-20m) nei mesi invernali e primaverili. Possiede una discreta variabilità cromatica anche se mantiene costante la macchiettatura bianca.

 

 

 

 

 

 

It is a not too common species and can be observed on soft bottoms (10-20m depth) in the winter and spring months. It has a fair chromatic variability even if it keeps the white speckling constant

 

 

 

 

 

 

(photo 3 & 4) 12 Nov 2011

 

 

 

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S. Caterina (Lecce, Italy)

(photo 5 & 6)

21 Apr 2012, 10-15m depth

 

 

 

 

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Bibliography

Micaroni et altri, 2018 Project “Biodiversity MARE Tricase”: a biodiversity inventory of the coastal area of Tricase (Ionian Sea, Italy) – Mollusca: Heterobranchia. The European Zoological Journal, 2018, 180–193

Furfaro G., Vitale F., Licchelli C. e Mariottini P. 2020 Two Seas for One Great Diversity: Checklist of the Marine Heterobranchia (Mollusca; Gastropoda) from the Salento Peninsula (South-East Italy) Diversity 2020, 12, 171; doi:10.3390/d12050171