Bathyal Mollusca from the cold-water coral biotope of Santa Maria di Leuca (Apulian margin, southern Italy) Author Negri, Mauro Pietro Author Corselli, Cesare text Zootaxa 2016 4186 1 1 97 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.4186.1.1 5b97cddd-5284-4a6b-8693-898864fb4711 1175-5326 165288 029B675F-776C-4CD6-9992-FA05AEADFA7B Philine scabra ( Müller, 1784 ) Fig. 19 k–n Bulla scabra Müller, 1784 (p. 90, pl. 71, figs. 1–3). Philine scabra Muller—Hidalgo 1917 (p. 552). Philine ( Hermania ) scabra ( O.F. Müller, 1776 ) — Nordsieck 1972 (p. 19, pl. O III, fig. 2). Philine scabra ( Müller, 1776 ) — Thompson & Brown 1976 (p. 34, figs. 13A–C). Philine scabra ( O.F. Müller, 1776 ) — Poppe & Goto 1991 (p. 197). Philine scabra (Mueller, 1784) — Cossignani et al. 1992 (fig. 235); Repetto et al. 2005 (p. 264, mid right fig.). Philine scabra ( Müller, 1784 ) — Campani 2004 (p. 7, bottom fig). Diagnostic characters . High ovate-subrectangular shell; slightly sunken spire; large piriform aperture; broadly arched columellar lip; finely denticulate outer lip margin; densely set spiral rows of shallow oval pits, linked one another in a chain-like pattern. Protoconch: heterostrophic, largely covered by the teleoconch; about 1 visible whorl; diameter about 520 µm (estimated); surface apparently smooth; transition to the teleoconch marked by a simple lip. Remarks . The similar P. c a t e n a ( Montagu, 1803 ) differs in having a shorter shell, a non-denticulate outer lip margin and a more evident chain-like sculptural pattern. Occurrence . Box-corer sample BC72 (3 specimens); core BC21 (1). Maximum height: 3.5 mm . Distribution and habitat . The species ranges from Iceland and Norway to West Africa, Madeira and the Mediterranean, dwelling on sand from the lower shore to about 1500 m depth and often being prey of flatfishes ( Thompson & Brown 1976 ; Poppe & Goto 1991 ). Fossil record. Pliocene of Sicily ( Monterosato 1872 ).