Gibbula turbinoides
| Gibbula turbinoides | |
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| Drawing with two views of a shell of Gibbula turbinoides | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Clade: | Vetigastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea (superfamily) |
| Family: | Trochidae |
| Genus: | Gibbula |
| Species: | G. turbinoides |
| Binomial name | |
| Gibbula turbinoides (Deshayes, 1835) [1] | |
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Gibbula turbinoides 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 4 mm and 10 mm. The globose shell was previously thought to be a smaller variety of Gibbula adansonii. It is rose-red, yellowish, or brown, with short white flammules below the sutures. The remainder of the shell minutely punctate with white.[3]
Distribution
This species occurs in the Mediterranean Sea and in the Atlantic Ocean off Portugal.
References
- ↑ Deshayes, Expéd. Morée, p. 143, t. 18, f. 28-30.
- ↑ Gibbula turbinoides (Deshayes, 1835). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 1 May 2010.
- ↑ Tryon (1889), Manual of Conchology XI, Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia
- 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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