Technitella legumen (Norman, 1878)
Technitella legumen Norman. Jones 1994, p 34 pl 25 figs 8-10.
![Technitella legumen 1 Technitella legumen 1](/sites/default/files/styles/100/public/legu12_0.jpg?itok=u0HeJSnK)
- Adult-sized specimen (one)
- Rose Bengal stained
- Collected: 11 May 1987, RV Dalnie Zelentsy, SW Barents Sea, 280 mwd, sponge-spicule mat
![Technitella legumen 2 Technitella legumen 2](/sites/default/files/styles/100/public/legu21_0.jpg?itok=hIq4gBa2)
- Adult-sized specimen (two)
- Rose Bengal stained
- Collected: 11 May 1987, RV Dalnie Zelentsy, SW Barents Sea, 280 mwd, sponge-spicule mat
![Technitella legumen 3 Technitella legumen 3](/sites/default/files/styles/100/public/legu22.jpg?itok=VOrqUBQ9)
- The apertural structure of the second specimen enlarged
![Technitella legumen 4 Technitella legumen 4](/sites/default/files/styles/100/public/legu23.jpg?itok=R66CARW5)
- Details of the wall surface, specimen oriented the aperture up
Remarks:
The agglutinated test wall incorporates sponge spicules; on the Barents-Kara shelf this species has been recorded only from the SW Barents Sea at depths of 100-300m where sponge-spicule mats of several centimeters thick commonly drape the seafloor; never found in sediment cores.