Jujubinus miliaris
Species
Photographer / copyright holder
Steve Wilkinson
Length = 10mm. Collected from Loch Spelve mouth off Port nan Crullach on 11/07/1994.
Jujubinus miliaris
<em>Jujubinus miliaris</em> (Brocchi, 1814)
Jujubinus miliaris
Species
Photographer / copyright holder
Steve Wilkinson
Length = 10mm. Collected from Loch Spelve mouth off Port nan Crullach on 11/07/1994.
Jujubinus miliaris
Species
Photographer / copyright holder
Steve Wilkinson
Length = 10mm. Collected from Loch Spelve mouth off Port nan Crullach on 11/07/1994.
Jujubinus miliaris
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
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.