Jujubinus gravinae

Jujubinus gravinae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Trochoidea (superfamily)
Family: Trochidae
Genus: Jujubinus
Species: J. gravinae
Binomial name
Jujubinus gravinae
(Dautzenberg, 1881)
Synonyms
  • Jujubinus parvosiculus Ghisotti & Melone, 1975
  • Trochus gravinae Dautzenberg, 1881 (original description)

Jujubinus gravinae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.[1]

Description

The size of the shell varies between 3 mm and 7.5 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Western Mediterranean Sea and in the Atlantic Ocean off Portugal, the Canary Islands and the Cape Verdes.

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