Phylum: Mollusca - Subclass: Heterobranchia Burmeister, 1837

Family: Architectonicidae J. E. Gray, 1850

Pseudotorinia architae (O. G. Costa, 1841)

 

Villanova (Brindisi, Italy) South Adriatic Sea, 80 deep.

 

Frigole (Lecce, Italy) South Adriatic Sea, 60-80m deep.
Otranto, Remite (Lecce, Italy), South Adriatic Sea, 30-40m deep.

 

Porto Cesareo (Lecce, Italy) Ionian Sea, 60-80m deep.

Ringraziamo il nostro amico Angelo Fiorita, per averci fornito le immagini di questo esemplare stupendo.

We thank our friend Angelo Fiorita for providing us with the images of this nice specimen.

Bibliography

Trono D., Macrì G. & Renda W. 2023. The latest but not the last: Checklist of the Molluscan fauna of the Salento coast (Apulia, Italy). Boll. Malacol., 59: 59-105 (1, 05/04/2023) https://doi.org/10.53559/Boll Malacol. 2022.19.