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Gibbula
Five live individuals of Gibbula divaricata from the Mediterranean Sea
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Gibbula

Risso, 1826[1]
Species

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Synonyms[2]
  • Scrobiculinus Monterosato, 1889
  • Trochus (Gibbula)

Gibbula is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Trochidae, the top snails. [2]

Distribution

This species in this genus are distributed through all seas, except on the coast of the American continent.

Description

The central tooth and the lateral teeth of the radula have well-developed denticulate cusps.The outer lateral teeth are wider.

Species

Species within the genus Gibbula include[3][4][5].

Species brought into synonymy

References

  1. ^ Risso A. (1826). H.N. Europe 4: 134.
  2. ^ a b Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2011). Gibbula Risso, 1826. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138590 on 2011-04-02
  3. ^ MarLIN: The Marine Life Information Network for Britain & Ireland
  4. ^ gastropods.com
  5. ^ The Paleobiology Database: Gibbula
  6. ^ George Washington Tryon, Structural and systematic conchology: an introduction to the study of the Mollusca, p. 219; 1882
  • Fischer-Piette E., Gaillard J.-M. & Kisch B.S. (1962). Les variations, du Nord au Sud, de Gibbula cineraria L. et ses rapports avec Calliostoma strigosum Gmel.. Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, nouvelle série, série A, Zoologie 28(1): 32 pp., 12 pl.
  • Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp.
  • 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