Phylum: Mollusca - Class: Gastropoda

Family: Cymatiidae Iredale, 1913

Monoplex parthenopeus (Salis Marschlins, 1793) 

S. Maria al Bagno (Lecce, Italy) Ionian Sea. 5m deep.

Specie ormai abbastanza diffusa in tutto il Salento.

Common species.

S. Maria al Bagno (Lecce, Italy) Ionian Sea. 5m deep, detail.
S. Maria al Bagno (Lecce, Italy) Ionian Sea. 5m deep.
Torre Inserraglio (Lecce, Italy) Ionian Sea

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.