Gibbula divaricata

Gibbula divaricata
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.

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