Gibbula divaricata | |
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Five live individuals of Gibbula divaricata on a rock surface | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
(unranked): | clade Vetigastropoda |
Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
Family: | Trochidae |
Subfamily: | Cantharidinae |
Genus: | Gibbula |
Species: | G. divaricata |
Binomial name | |
Gibbula divaricata |
Gibbula divaricata is a species of small sea snail, known as top snails or top shells, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Trochidae, the top snails. It is found in the Mediterranean Sea.
The shell is 23 mm high and 19 mm wide, has the form of a cone and has six 6 whorls. The colour is green-yellow or yellow-green.