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Mesalia mesal (Deshayes, 1843) Specimen from Cabo Pino (-5 m), Málaga, Spain (actual size 20.5 mm).
Mesalia mesal (Deshayes, 1843)
Specimen from Cabo Pino (-5 m), Málaga, Spain (actual size 20.5 mm).
Author Gofas, Serge JPG file - 30.02 kB - 343 x 504 pixels added on 2013-02-141 738 viewsMolluscaBase taxa Mesalia mesal (Deshayes, 1843)checked Vos, Chris 2024-09-25From reference Gofas, S.; Moreno, D.; Salas, C. (2011). Moluscos marinos... Creative Commons License This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 4.0 License
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added on 2024-11-12 18:03:21 by  
It seems to me that this photo corresponds to a Turitelle, not to the Mesalia mesal of Deshayes. If you compare with the other photos on your base, you can see that the spiral cords of the Mesalia are very far apart near the sutures of each of the turns. This turitelle has much tighter cords. It is only on the last turn that we observe slightly more protruding cords which can prove misleading for the determination.
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