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Gibberula quatrefortis

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Gibberula quatrefortis
Shell of Gibberula quatrefortis (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Cystiscidae
Subfamily: Cystiscinae
Genus: Gibberula
Species:
G. quatrefortis
Binomial name
Gibberula quatrefortis
McCleery, 2008[1]

Gibberula quatrefortis is a species of very small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Cystiscidae.[2]

Description

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The length of the shell attains 2.62 mm.

Distribution

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This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea off St. Vincent and the Grenadines.

References

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  1. ^ McCleery, T. (2008). "Descriptions of sixteen new species of the genus Gibberula Swainson, 1840 (Gastropoda: Cystiscidae) from the Caribbean". Novapex. 9 (2–3): 101–118.
  2. ^ Gibberula quatrefortis McCleery, 2008. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.