Payraudeautia Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1883

Huelsken, Thomas, Marek, Carina, Schreiber, Stefan, Schmidt, Iris & Mann, Michael Holl-, 2008, The Naticidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of Giglio Island (Tuscany, Italy): Shell characters, live animals, and a molecular analysis of egg masses, Zootaxa 1770, pp. 1-40 : 32

The genus Payraudeautia Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1883 on Giglio Island

One species of the naticid genus Payraudeautia , P. intricata , was collected on Giglio Island. The single live collected specimen was found at Cala dell´Allume at sunset between extensive Posidonia oceanica weeds, on sand consisting of coarse granular grains and debris. The specimen was found in 5 meter depths crawling directly beneath the sand surface and leaving an observable trail. Additionally, many empty shells were found in the caves on the Cala delle´Allume, demonstrating that there are more specimens of this species living in this area. Additionally, an empty shell was found on a bluff on top of Pt. delle Secche. This species has been reported from the entire Mediterranean Sea and the eastern Atlantic Ocean from northern Spain to the Azores (Kobelt 1901, Hidalgo 1917, Settepassi 1973, Schiró 1978, Demir 2002).