Gibberula miliaria
Gibberula miliaria | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
(unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Muricoidea |
Family: | Cystiscidae |
Subfamily: | Persiculinae |
Genus: | Gibberula |
Species: | G. miliaria |
Binomial name | |
Gibberula miliaria (Linnaeus, 1758) | |
Synonyms[1] | |
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Gibberula miliaria is a species of very small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Cystiscidae.[1]
Description
The shell size varies between 4.5 mm and 7.5 mm
Distribution
This species is distributed in European waters (along Spain and Portugal), in the Mediterraneran Sea (along Apulia and Greece) and in the Atlantic Ocean along the Canary Islands and Mauritania.
References
- 1 2 Gibberula miliaria (Linnaeus, 1758). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 15 January 2011.
- Wolff, W.J.; Duiven, P.; Esselink, P.; Gueve, A. (1993). Biomass of macrobenthic tidal flat fauna of the Banc d'Arguin, Mauritania. Hydrobiologia 258(1-3): 151-163
- Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213
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