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# Gibbula leucophaea

Gibbula leucophaea is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.

## Description

The size of the shell varies between 5 mm and 7 mm. Compared with Gibbula adansonii, is the shell more solid, generally paler, and the base whitish. The spiral sculpture is stronger. The penultimate whorl has about 5 well-marked, separated spiral lirae. The body whorl is angulate at the periphery.

## Distribution

This species occurs in the Mediterranean Sea and in the Atlantic Ocean off the Azores.
# Waymouth

Waymouth is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
* Edward Waymouth Reid (1862–1948), British physiologist
* Henry Waymouth (1791–1848), one of the British founding directors of the South Australian Company in 1835
* Louis Waymouth (born 1978), British writer and actor
* Nigel Waymouth (born 1941), American designer and artist
* Robert Waymouth (born 1960), American chemist
# Gheorghe Panaiteanu Bardasare

Gheorghe Panaiteanu Bardasare (1816, Burdujeni [ro], Suceava – 1900, Iași) was a Romanian painter.
# Wayne See

Marshall Wayne See (November 3, 1923 – July 22, 2019) was an American professional basketball player. He played in 1949–50 for the Waterloo Hawks during their only season in the National Basketball Association and scored 320 points for Waterloo. See was the first professional basketball player to come out of Northern Arizona University.

## Career statistics
### NBA

Source

#### Regular season

| Year | Team | GP | FG% | FT% | APG | PPG |
| 1949–50 | Waterloo | 61 | .373 | .696 | 2.3 | 5.2 |
# 1952 Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles football team

The 1952 Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles football team represented Tennessee Polytechnic Institute—now known as Tennessee Technological University–as a member of the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) during the 1952 college football season. Led by 25th-year head coach Preston Vaughn Overall, the Golden Eagles compiled an overall record of 9–1 with a mark of 4–1 in conference play, sharing the OVC title with Western Kentucky. Tennessee Tech was invited to the Tangerine Bowl, where they lost to East Texas State. The team's captain was Tom Fann and the alternative captain was Ken Broyles.

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance |
| September 13 | | 503rd Airborne / Fort Campbell* | Overall FieldCookeville, TN | W 27–0 | |
| September 27 | 8:00 p.m. | at Murray State | Cutchin StadiumMurray, KY | W 14–13 | |
| October 4 | | Morehead State | Overall FieldCookeville, TN | W 30–6 | |
| October 11 | | Eastern Kentucky | Overall FieldCookeville, TN | W 28–14 | |
| October 18 | | at Arkansas State* | Jonesboro, AR | W 21–13 | |
| October 25 | 8:00 p.m. | Western Kentucky | Overall FieldCookeville, TN | W 21–13 | 6,000 |
| November 1 | | at Marshall* | Fairfield StadiumHuntington, WV | W 28–7 | |
| November 8 | | East Tennessee State* | Overall FieldCookeville, TN | W 21–13 | 4,000 |
| November 15 | | Memphis State* | Overall FieldCookeville, TN | W 35–0 | |
| November 27 | 2:00 p.m. | Middle Tennessee | Overall FieldCookeville, TN | L 7–19 | 8,500 |
| January 1 | | vs. East Texas State* | Tangerine BowlOrlando, FL (Tangerine Bowl) | L 0–33 | 12,340 |
| *Non-conference gameHomecomingAll times are in Central time |||||||
# 1952 Texas Longhorns baseball team

The 1952 Texas Longhorns baseball team represented the University of Texas at Austin in the 1952 NCAA baseball season. The Longhorns played their home games at Clark Field. The team was coached by Bibb Falk in his 10th season at Texas.
The Longhorns reached the College World Series, but were eliminated by eventual champion Holy Cross in the quarterfinal.

## Schedule and results

Legend :
* Texas win
* Texas loss
1952 Texas Longhorns baseball game log :
Regular season :
March :
| Date | Opponent | Site/stadium | Score | Overall record | SWC record |
| Mar 15 | at Baylor* | Waco, TX | L 5–8 | 0–1 | |
| Mar 18 | at Baylor* | Waco, TX | L 5–6 | 0–2 | |
| Mar 21 | Oklahoma* | Clark Field • Austin, TX | W 13–4 | 1–2 | |
| Mar 22 | Oklahoma* | Clark Field • Austin, TX | W 15–4 | 2–2 | |
| Mar 25 | Hardin–Simmons* | Clark Field • Austin, TX | W 10–4 | 3–2 | |
| Mar 26 | Minnesota* | Clark Field • Austin, TX | W 5–0$^5$ | 4–2 | |
| Mar 28 | at SMU | Dallas, TX | W 5–2 | 5–2 | 1–0 |
| Mar 29 | at SMU | Dallas, TX | L 2–5 | 5–3 | 1–1 |
April :
| Date | Opponent | Site/stadium | Score | Overall record | SWC record |
| Apr 1 | Rice | Clark Field • Austin, TX | W 6–5 | 6–3 | 2–1 |
| Apr 5 | at TCU | Fort Worth, TX | W 2–1 | 7–3 | 3–1 |
| Apr 8 | at Texas A&M | Kyle Baseball Field • College Station, TX | L 8–13 | 7–4 | 3–2 |
| Apr 15 | Sam Houston State* | Clark Field • Austin, TX | W 13–3 | 8–4 | |
| Apr 18 | Baylor | Clark Field • Austin, TX | W 3–2 | 9–4 | 4–2 |
| Apr 25 | at Rice | Houston, TX | W 13–7 | 10–4 | 5–2 |
| Apr 26 | at Rice | Houston, TX | W 7–3 | 11–4 | 6–2 |
| Apr 28 | SMU | Clark Field • Austin, TX | W 6–3 | 12–4 | 7–2 |
May :
| Date | Opponent | Site/stadium | Score | Overall record | SWC record |
| May 3 | at Baylor | Waco, TX | W 17–3 | 13–4 | 8–2 |
| May 3 | at Baylor | Waco, TX | L 5–9 | 13–5 | 8–3 |
| May 9 | TCU | Clark Field • Austin, TX | W 7–2 | 14–5 | 9–3 |
| May 10 | TCU | Clark Field • Austin, TX | W 21–6 | 15–5 | 10–3 |
| May 15 | Texas A&M | Clark Field • Austin, TX | W 5–0 | 16–5 | 11–3 |
| May 16 | Texas A&M | Clark Field • Austin, TX | L 2–3 | 16–6 | 11–4 |
Postseason :
District 6 playoffs :
| Date | Opponent | Site/stadium | Score | Overall record | Playoff record |
| June 6 | Arizona | Clark Field • Austin, TX | W 3–1 | 17–6 | 1–0 |
| June 6 | Arizona | Clark Field • Austin, TX | L 0–1 | 17–7 | 1–1 |
| June 7 | Arizona | Clark Field • Austin, TX | W 15–8 | 18–7 | 2–1 |
College World Series :
| Date | Opponent | Site/stadium | Score | Overall record | CWS record |
| June 12 | Penn State | Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE | L 3–5 | 18–8 | 0–1 |
| June 13 | Oregon State | Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE | W 10–1 | 19–8 | 1–1 |
| June 14 | Holy Cross | Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE | L 1–2 | 19–9 | 1–2 |
# Gideon Sundback

Otto Fredrik Gideon Sundbäck (April 24, 1880 – June 21, 1954) was a Swedish-American electrical engineer, who is most commonly associated with his work in the development of the zipper.

## Background

Otto Fredrik Gideon Sundbäck was born on Sonarp farm in Ödestugu Parish, in Jönköping County, Småland, Sweden. He was the son of Jonas Otto Magnusson Sundbäck, a prosperous farmer, and his wife Kristina Karolina Klasdotter. After his studies in Sweden, Sundbäck moved to Germany, where he studied at the polytechnic school in Bingen am Rhein, graduating in engineering in 1903. In 1905, he emigrated to the United States.

## Personal

On June 5, 1909, Sundbäck married (Naomi) Elvira Aronson, daughter of the Swedish-born plant manager Peter Aron Aronson (Aronsson), in Hoboken, New Jersey.

## Legacy

In 2006, Sundbäck was honored by inclusion in the National Inventors Hall of Fame for his work on the development of the zipper. On April 24, 2012, the 132nd anniversary of Sundbäck’s birth, Google changed the Google logo on its homepage to a Google Doodle of the zipper, which when opened revealed the results of a search for Gideon Sundbäck.

## 1917 patent

Sundbäck's U.S. patent 1,219,881 (filed in 1914, issued in 1917):
# 1976–77 Scottish Second Division

The 1976–77 Scottish Second Division was won by Stirling Albion who, along with second placed Alloa Athletic, were promoted to the First Division. Forfar Athletic finished bottom.

## Table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion |
| 1 | Stirling Albion (C, P) | 39 | 22 | 11 | 6 | 59 | 29 | +30 | 55 | Promotion to the First Division |
| 2 | Alloa Athletic (P) | 39 | 19 | 13 | 7 | 73 | 45 | +28 | 51 | Promotion to the First Division |
| 3 | Dunfermline Athletic | 39 | 20 | 10 | 9 | 52 | 36 | +16 | 50 | |
| 4 | Stranraer | 39 | 20 | 6 | 13 | 74 | 53 | +21 | 46 | |
| 5 | Queen's Park | 39 | 17 | 11 | 11 | 65 | 51 | +14 | 45 | |
| 6 | Albion Rovers | 39 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 74 | 61 | +13 | 42 | |
| 7 | Clyde | 39 | 15 | 11 | 13 | 68 | 64 | +4 | 41 | |
| 8 | Berwick Rangers | 39 | 13 | 10 | 16 | 37 | 51 | −14 | 36 | |
| 9 | Stenhousemuir | 39 | 15 | 5 | 19 | 38 | 49 | −11 | 35 | |
| 10 | East Stirlingshire | 39 | 12 | 8 | 19 | 47 | 63 | −16 | 32 | |
| 11 | Meadowbank Thistle | 39 | 8 | 16 | 15 | 41 | 57 | −16 | 32 | |
| 12 | Cowdenbeath | 39 | 13 | 5 | 21 | 46 | 64 | −18 | 31 | |
| 13 | Brechin City | 39 | 7 | 12 | 20 | 51 | 77 | −26 | 26 | |
| 14 | Forfar Athletic | 39 | 7 | 10 | 22 | 43 | 68 | −25 | 24 | |
# 1953 Maine Black Bears football team

The 1953 Maine Black Bears football team was an American football team that represented the University of Maine as a member of the Yankee Conference and Maine Intercollegiate Athletic Association during the 1953 college football season. In its third season under head coach Harold Westerman, the team compiled a 4–2–1 record (1–2–1 against Yankee Conference and 3–0 against MIAA opponents) and finished fourth out of the six teams in the Yankee Conference. The team played its home games at Alumni Field in Orono, Maine. Ed Bogdanovich and Ed Cianchette were the team captains.

## Schedule

| Date | Opponent | Site | Result |
| September 26 | at Rhode Island | Meade StadiumKingston, RI | L 6–13 |
| October 3 | Vermont | Alumni FieldOrono, ME | W 13–0 |
| October 10 | at New Hampshire | Cowell StadiumDurham, NH (rivalry) | L 6–21 |
| October 17 | Connecticut | Alumni FieldOrono, ME | T 18–18 |
| October 24 | at Bates | Garcelon FieldLewiston, ME | W 37–7 |
| October 31 | at Colby | Seaverns FieldWaterville, ME | W 45–13 |
| November 7 | Bowdoin | Alumni FieldOrono, ME | W 35–7 |
# Gidran

The Gidran, Gidrán, or Hungarian Anglo-Arab is a horse breed developed in Hungary from bloodstock that included the Arabian horse. All members of the breed are Chestnut. It is an endangered breed today, with only about 200 living representatives worldwide.
The Gidran breed began its development in 1816 at the Mezohegyes State Stud. The original foundation sire was a desert bred Arabian stallion named Siglavy Gidran. This stallion was crossed on Arabian, Turkish, and Spanish-Naples mares as well as other local mares from eastern Europe. Beginning in 1893, Thoroughbred bloodlines were added. Later, Shagya Arabian breeding was also added.
The breed influenced or was crossed on many other breeds in eastern Europe, including the Czech warm blood, Austrian Warmblood, Hungarian Warmblood, Malapolski, Nonius, Pleven, and the Ukrainian Riding Horse. It is closely associated with another Hungarian breed, the Kisber Felver.
A study in 2016 of the Gidran showed that the remaining small population of horses has more genetic diversity than expected, which improves the breed's chances of not becoming extinct.

## Characteristics

Gidrans stand between 15.3 to 17 hands (63 to 68 inches, 160 to 173 cm). Crossbred animals that are chestnut and of Thoroughbred, Arabian, and Anglo-Arabian descent with a documented four-generation pedigree and minimum size of 15.2 hands may be added to the stud book if they qualify through a studbook selection process.
The horses are set apart for their speed, stamina, agility, and courage. They have a small head and a straight profile. They have well-shaped crest and small ears. The breed tends to have a long back and large eyes. The Gidran is a very muscular horse and is powerful.
# Fimbulwinter (band)

Fimbulwinter was a black metal band that was part of the early Norwegian black metal scene. They had formed in Oslo during 1992 and released two demos that year. In 1994, they released their only album, Servants of Sorcery, featuring a cover of Celtic Frost's "Morbid Tales", which was the first release by newly formed Hot Records.
The band broke up shortly after. Guitarist Shagrath joined Dimmu Borgir and bassist Skoll joined Ulver.
The band is named after Fimbulvetr (or Fimbulvinter), an event in Norse mythology.

## Members

* Shagrath (Stian Thoresen) – lead guitar, drums
* Necronos (Morten Lunde) – rhythm guitar, vocals
* Skoll (Hugh Steven James Mingay) – bass
* Orbweaver (Morten Bergseth) – drums

## Discography

* 1992 – Rehearsal (demo)
* 1992 – Rehearsal Demo (demo)
* 1994 – Servants of Sorcery (album)
# Goodbye Luv'

Goodbye Luv' is a compilation album by Dutch girl group Luv' released by CNR/Carrere Records in 1981 after the formation announced its break-up. It features hit singles taken from the studio albums True Luv' (1979) and Forever Yours (1980) and scored in the charts between 1979 and 1981 (Ooh, Yes I Do, Ann-Maria, One More Little Kissie, My Number One, Tingalingaling).

## Background

The fact that Luv' disbanded came as no surprise. The problems started in August 1980 when Patty Brard left the trio. She was replaced by Ria Thielsch who was officially introduced to the public with the release of "My Number One" which was a big selling single in Benelux. Soon after, the tensions within the group, the hectic schedule of the ladies and Marga Scheide's overwork provoked the end of Luv'. In July 1981, the singers made a farewell performance on the Nederland Muziekland show on Veronica by singing "Tingalingaling" (which was released as a single). This final broadcast was filmed in Spakenburg. Luv' also appeared at the Efteling theme park during Hitkrant's Zomerspelen (a summer multi-sport event with Dutch celebrities which was organized by Hitkrant, a teen magazine).
Goodbye Luv' was meant to be Luv's farewell to their fans. Although the female pop act didn't know at this time, they would make several reunions in the future.

## Track listing

All tracks written by Hans van Hemert and Piet Souer under the pseudonym 'Janschen & Janschens', except where noted.

### Side A

* "Ooh, Yes I Do" (Hans van Hemert) – 2:58
** From True Luv' (1979)
* "Ann-Maria (Piet Souer) – 4:41
** From True Luv' (1979)
* "My Number One" – 3:11
** From Forever Yours (1980)
* "Tingalingaling" – 2:31
** From Forever Yours (1980)
* "Be My Lover Tonight" – 3:27
** From Forever Yours (1980)
* "One More Little Kissie" – 3:46
** From Forever Yours (1980)

### Side B

* "Rhythm 'n' Shoes (van Hemert) – 3:07
** From True Luv' (1979)
* "Boys Goodnight" (Souer) – 2:40
** From True Luv' (1979)
* "Wine, Women and Song" (van Hemert) – 3:45
** From True Luv' (1979)
* "My Guy" – 3:49
** From True Luv' (1979)
* "The Show Must Go On" – 3:21
** From Forever Yours (1980)
* "Billy the Kid" – 3:16
** From Forever Yours (1980)

## Personnel

* José Hoebee – vocals
* Patty Brard – vocals
* Marga Scheide – vocals
* Ria Thielsch – vocals
Production
* Hans van Hemert: producer, songwriter
* Piet Souer: arranger/conductor, songwriter
Design
* Photography: Claude Vanheye & Marja van de Wetering
* Design: Myosotis
# Godbille JG.1B

The Godbille JG.1B is a French light, two seat amateur built aircraft, dating from 1989. Only one was constructed.

## Design and development

The JG.1B is a small sports aircraft with two seats placed side-by side. It has a polyester fabric covered steel tube structure and is a cantilever, low wing monoplane. Its straight edged wings carry inboard flaps.
Conventionally laid out, the JG.1B is powered by a 78 kW (105 hp) Potez 4E-20B1 air-cooled flat four engine which drives a two blade propeller. The two occupants sit over the wing leading edge under a PET canopy, which blends at the rear into a raised, rounded fuselage decking. As the decking drops away rearwards, a long dorsal fillet leads to a swept, straight edged fin with a narrow triangular rudder. The tailplane is wire braced to the fin. The JG.1B's tail wheel undercarriage is fixed.
The JG.1B gained its Certificate of Airworthiness on 15 November 1989. It remains on the French Civil Aircraft register in 2014.

## Specifications

Data from Gaillard (1991), p.246
General characteristics
* Capacity: Two
* Length: 6.10 m (20 ft 0 in)
* Wingspan: 6.20 m (20 ft 4 in)
* Wing area: 9.4 m$^2$ (101 sq ft)
* Empty weight: 418 kg (922 lb)
* Gross weight: 662 kg (1,459 lb)
* Powerplant: 1 × Potez 4E-20B1 air-cooled flat four, 78 kW (105 hp)
* Propellers: 2-bladed
Performance
* Cruise speed: 185 km/h (115 mph, 100 kn)
* Endurance: 4 hr
# Vincelette

Vincelette is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
* Alfred Vincelette (1935–1997), American skier
* Dan Vincelette (born 1967), Canadian ice hockey player
# Villa Valmarana ai Nani

Villa Valmarana ai Nani is a villa at the foot of the gates of the city of Vicenza, Veneto, Italy. The main building was completed in 1670. It is noted for its frescos by Giambattista and Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo and stone sculptures of dwarves named "Nani".
The villa is named Villa Valmarana ai Nani therein to differentiate it from other villas named Valmarana, especially the very famous Villa Capra "La Rotonda" designed by Andrea Palladio and formerly owned by Mario di Valmarana, a member of another branch of the same family. Villa Valmarana ai Nani was purchased by a set of brothers from the aristocratic Valmarana family in 1720 and is still owned by their descendants.
# Federico Mazzotta

Federico Mazzotta (1839-1897) was an Italian painter, mainly of genre subjects, but also historic and Neo-Pompeian themes.
He was born in Naples and a resident of Capua. In 1884, at Turin, he exhibited: Un disastro and Un piccolo disastro. In 1886 at Milan, in 1886, he displayed Un trovatello and Il pomo morsicato, and in 1887 at Venice: In campagna.
At the 1866 Neapolitan Promotrice, he displayed Margherita Pusterla and her jailer. Ten years later at the exhibitions of Genova and Milano, he displayed a Dionysius, Tyrant of Syracuse. he painted a La tarantella (1873) in Naples, and Il Sandalo (Neo-Pompeian) (1876) for the Promotrice di Genova.
# Norway Billie Jean King Cup team

The Norway women's national tennis team represents Norway in Billie Jean King Cup tennis competition and are governed by the Norges Tennisforbund. They compete in the Europe/Africa Zone of Group I.

## History

Norway competed in its first Fed Cup in 1963. Their best result was reaching the round of 16 in 1972 and 1974.

## Current team (2022)

* Ulrikke Eikeri
* Malene Helgø
* Melanie Stokke
* Lilly Elida Haseth
# Virginia Helena Gruppé

Virginia Helena Gruppé, also known as Virginia Gruppé Quirk (1907–1980) was an American painter, known for her watercolors of landscapes, and coastal and marine paintings.

## Biography

Virginia Helena Gruppé was born in 1907 at Villa Nellie in Katwijk aan Zee, the Netherlands, to American parents Helen Elizabeth (née Mitchell, 1868–1948) and Charles P. Gruppé. She was the youngest child, and her siblings all established themselves in the arts, Paulo Mesdag (1891–1979) as a cellist, Karl Heinrich (1893–1982) as a sculptor, and Emile Albert Gruppé was a painter. She attended Cornell University and the University of Rochester.
Gruppé was married to Vincent Quirk, a chemist specializing in art restoration. Together they opened Gruppe Galleries in Holley, near Rochester and she maintained the gallery for 30 years.
Gruppé died on 10 March 1980 from a heart attack in her home in Murray, New York. In 31 March 1980, less than a month later, her husband Vincent died from pneumonia. They had been married for over 40 years.
# Sandy DiPasquale

Sandy DiPasquale is an American broadcast media executive. DiPasquale has held ownership positions in such broadcast companies as WGRZ Acquisition Group, Smith Broadcasting (KWCH Television), Sunrise Television, Bluestone Television and Newport Television. A native of Buffalo, New York, DiPasquale spent almost 20 years in Wichita, Kansas, where most of the aforementioned broadcast groups were headquartered. In 2008 DiPasquale moved his newest venture, Newport Television, to Kansas City, Missouri.
# Villa of Lucullus

The villa of Lucullus was an extensive and sumptuous ancient Roman villa built in the first century BC in Naples by the famous gourmet, general and consul. It was one of his several known villas in addition to the Gardens of Lucullus in Rome, one in Tusculum in the Alban Hills, one on the island of Nisida and another at Misenum also in the Bay of Naples.
The villa was equipped with piers that stretched out into the sea, a very rich library, fish ponds and moray eel farms and lavish gardens with peach trees imported from Persia which for the time were a novelty along with the cherry trees he brought in from Cerasus.
It was here that it was said that Lucullus had a "mountain" pierced at a greater outlay than he had spent on his villa, in order to make a channel to connect the sea to his fish ponds; for this reason Pompey the Great called him "Xerxes in a toga".
The villa was so famous for its banquets that even today the adjective Lucullan indicates a particularly abundant and delicious meal.
On the death of Lucullus (57/56 BC) the villa passed to the Roman emperor. Under Valentinian III (419-455) it was transformed into a fortress, since then called the castellum Lucullanum, and was the place of exile of Romulus Augustulus, the last Western Roman Emperor.

## Remains

Remains of the villa, given its enormous area, are visible at several places in the city of Naples. The villa included and extended from the islet of Megaride where its nucleus stood, to Mount Echia on the south side and, most likely on the south-east side up to the district of Maschio Angioino.
The largest and perhaps most important nucleus is located in the cellar of the Castel dell'Ovo situated on the islet of Megaride, the so-called "hall of columns" derived from the Roman columns still standing. Other parts are visible on the Pizzofalcone hill where the city was founded in the 8-9th century BC and many near Piazza Municipio after recent finds.
# Virgin.net

Virgin.net was an Internet service provider (ISP) operating in the United Kingdom. It launched in November 1996. Once a joint venture between NTL and the Virgin Group, the ISP became wholly owned by NTL in September 2004.
The company sold a range of ADSL broadband packages through BT landlines to those living outside areas served by NTL's cable television network. Virgin.net broadband customers could receive up to 8 Mbit/s downstream and 400 kbit/s upstream, with usage allowances depending on which package the user takes.
Virgin.net also offered bundled phone services via Carrier Preselect (CPS) to broadband subscribers. Subscription based and subscription free dial-up Internet access was also available. Like most ISPs, Virgin.net had a web portal, covering topics such as music, movies, travel, technology and motoring.
In February 2007, the company was incorporated into the newly established Virgin Media as Virgin Media Beyond Cable. In November 2014, Virgin Media reached an agreement to sell its ADSL business (the former Virgin.net service) to TalkTalk Group, allowing Virgin to focus on its cable broadband offering.
Customers began transferring to TalkTalk from February 2015.
# Sandy ray

The sandy ray (Leucoraja circularis) or sandy skate is a species of ray in the family Rajidae.

## Description

It maximum length is 1.2 m (3 ft 11 in), typical adults measuring 70 cm (2.3 ft). It has a short snout with a spinulose reddish-brown dorsal surface, a tail only slightly longer than body, and a white underside. A distinctive feature is the 4–6 creamy-coloured spots on each wing.

## Habitat

The sandy ray lives in the demersal zone of the offshore waters of Western Europe and the Mediterranean Sea, at depths between 70 m (230 ft) and 676 m (2,218 ft). According to the FAO this species should be considered extinct in Mediterranean Sea, but recent records contradict this view.

## Behaviour

The sandy ray lays its eggs between August and November and feeds on benthic invertebrates and small bony fish.