Gibberula miliaria
| Gibberula miliaria |
| Scientific classification |
| Kingdom: |
Animalia |
| Phylum: |
Mollusca |
| Class: |
Gastropoda |
| (unranked): |
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: |
Muricoidea |
| Family: |
Cystiscidae |
| Subfamily: |
Persiculinae |
| Genus: |
Gibberula |
| Species: |
G. miliaria |
| Binomial name |
Gibberula miliaria
(Linnaeus, 1758) |
| Synonyms[1] |
- Persicula miliaria (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Marginella miliacea Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de, 1822
- Marginella zonata Swainson, W.A., 1840 (nomen dubium)
- Marginella oryza Doublier, 1853
- Marginella majuscula Bucquoy, E.J., Ph. Dautzenberg & G.F. Dollfus, 1883
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Gibberula miliaria is a species of very small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Cystiscidae.[1]
Description
The shell size varies between 4.5 mm and 7.5 mm
Distribution
This species is distributed in European waters (along Spain and Portugal), in the Mediterraneran Sea (along Apulia and Greece) and in the Atlantic Ocean along the Canary Islands and Mauritania.
References
- Wolff, W.J.; Duiven, P.; Esselink, P.; Gueve, A. (1993). Biomass of macrobenthic tidal flat fauna of the Banc d'Arguin, Mauritania. Hydrobiologia 258(1-3): 151-163
- 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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