Gibbula spratti
| Gibbula spratti | |
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| Drawing with two views of a shell of Gibbula spratti | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Clade: | Vetigastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea (superfamily) |
| Family: | Trochidae |
| Genus: | Gibbula |
| Species: | G. spratti |
| Binomial name | |
| Gibbula spratti (Forbes, 1844) [1] | |
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Gibbula spratti is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.[2]
Description
The size of the shell varies between 5 mm and 8 mm. The somewhat thick, narrowly perforate shell has a conoid shape. It is whitish, radiately tlammulate with deep brown subquadrate maculations. The shell is very finely obliquely striate,and concentrically lirate. Each whorl is encircled by two more prominent, remote sulci. The shell contains 6 convex whorls, separated by deep sutures, and inflated above. The body whorl is subangulate, convex beneath, and contains numerous unequal concentric lirae. The aperture is rhomboidal. The slightly convex columella is sinuous in the middle.[3]
Distribution
This species occurs in the Aegean Sea.
References
- ↑ Forbes, Rep. Brit. Asso. Adv. Sci, 1843, p. 190 (1844)
- ↑ Gibbula spratti (Forbes, 1844). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 1 May 2010.
- ↑ Tryon (1889), Manual of Conchology XI, Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia
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