The principal distributions areas were as follow:

- all the Mediterranean sea, with particular regard to the ispanic influence places, ( south france and ligurian area up to Sarzana and Carrara in Tuscany, Campania and Sicily).
- Occasionally in all south Italy , meanwhile they are very common in Sardinia due to 4 centuryes spanish invasion.
- north African coastal areas from Marocco up to Turkye.