Sea
shells
GASTROPODS
part 1-
Eastern part of Gabès gulf -sea shore
part
2- Central area of Tunis bay- from 30 to 50 m deep
1- Conus ventricosus (form major+scalara)-
52 mm in length
habitat: seashore sand bottoms- Zarzis.
2- Mitra cornicula (form elongata)-22
mm in length
habitat: inside sponges-Jerba.
3- Mitrella lanceolata (form elongata)
-17 mm in length
habitat: inside sponges-Kerkena.
Apart the Black Sea, the Gabès gulf
as the major percentage of endemic species of the whole Mediterranean Sea.
Photos: J. ZAOUALI