Danilia tinei (Calcara 1839)

Type of larval development: short planktonic, non-planktotrophic as usual in Vetigastropoda and Patellogastropoda

Shell up to 10 mm high, with conical spire and rounded body whorl. Sculpture very characteristic with elevated spiral cords, unequal in zize and narrower than interspaces, crossed by thin, prosocline lamellae which form knobs where overriding the cords. Peristome flaring in adult shells, with a distinct outer varix and with internal denticles elongated in the spiral direction. Columella with a strong denticle. Background colour greyish with broad brown flames, inside of aperture nacreous.

Eastern Atlantic, from Norway to Morocco, also on the island of Madeira, generally 100-300 m. Gorringe, Josephine, Seine and Ampère seamounts (moderately common from 129 to 335 m)