Name
Bolinus
cañadilla
Framing
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Genus: Bolinus
Habitat
Marine, associated with muddy or sandy bottoms
Feeding
Detritivorous, or occasionally predatory
Distribution
Atlantic: Iberian Peninsula and northern Morocco, in the Mediterranean in the Alboran Sea.
Conservation status
Not evaluated
Additional information
Conical-globose shell, with a low spire and a very long siphonal canal. The opening is oval and without teeth. Color balnco-dirty.
Bibliography
Gofas S., Moreno D. y Salas C. 2011. Moluscos marinos de Andalucía. Volumen I y II- Málaga: Servicio de Publicaciones e Intercambio Científico, Universidad de Málaga.
- MolluscaBase (2018). Bolinus brandaris (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140389 on 2018-11-30