Jujubinus miliaris

Submitted by Steve Wilkinson on Wed, 14/09/2011 00:32

Species

Jujubinus miliaris

Photographer / copyright holder

Steve Wilkinson

Length = 10mm. Collected from Loch Spelve mouth off Port nan Crullach on 11/07/1994.

Jujubinus miliaris

Submitted by Steve Wilkinson on Wed, 14/09/2011 00:32

Species

Jujubinus miliaris

Photographer / copyright holder

Steve Wilkinson

Length = 10mm. Collected from Loch Spelve mouth off Port nan Crullach on 11/07/1994.

Jujubinus miliaris

Submitted by Steve Wilkinson on Wed, 14/09/2011 00:32

Species

Jujubinus miliaris

Photographer / copyright holder

Steve Wilkinson

Length = 10mm. Collected from Loch Spelve mouth off Port nan Crullach on 11/07/1994.

Jujubinus miliaris

Submitted by Steve Wilkinson on Sat, 05/12/2009 22:15

Distribution and status

Occasional

Occurs from northern Norway south to the Iberian Peninsula and into the Mediterranean.

Ecology and behaviour

Lives on stoney or gravelly bottoms.

Similar species

Calliostoma granulatum has sides which are slightly concave
Calliostoma zizyphinum spiral ridges on the last whorl are not beaded

Key identification features

Conical shell with flat sides and a pointed apex
Breadth approximately equal to height
Shells spiral ridges are crossed by transverse ridges giving a reticulated pattern

Taxon version key

[NBNSYS0000175945]

Sort order

750

Taxonomic group

Marine snail

Read more about Jujubinus miliaris

Conical shell up to 12mm in height with seven to eight whorls. The colour is white marked with brown and purple spots. Shell surface is sculptured with 5 to 6 spiral ridges which are broken into granulations by numerous oblique lines. The animal possesses three pairs of epipodal tentacles.