Gibbula tingitana

Species of gastropod

Gibbula tingitana
Shell of Gibbula tingitana (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Trochidae
Genus: Gibbula
Species:
G. tingitana
Binomial name
Gibbula tingitana
Pallary, 1902
Synonyms
  • Gibbula tingitana var. dilatata Pallary 1920
  • Gibbula tingitana var. nigra Pallary, 1902
  • Gibbula tingitana var. pyramidata Pallary 1920

Gibbula tingitana 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 2 mm and 5 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Western Mediterranean Sea and off Morocco (Tangiers).

References

  1. ^ Gibbula tingitana Pallary, 1901. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 1 May 2010.
  • "Gibbula tingitana". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
  • Pallary P. (1901). Diagnoses de quelques coquilles nouvelles provenant du Maroc. Journal de Conchyliologie 49: 226–228, 314-315 page(s): 315
  • Pallary, P., 1920 - Exploration scientifique du Maroc organisée par la Société de Géographie de Paris et continuée par la Société des Sciences Naturelles du Maroc. Deuxième fascicule. Malacologie (1912)., vol. (2)("1912"), p. 1-108
  • Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213.
Taxon identifiers
Gibbula tingitana
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