Gibbula

Gibbula
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous–Recent
Five live individuals of Gibbula divaricata from the Mediterranean Sea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Trochidae
Subfamily: Cantharidinae
Genus: Gibbula
Risso, 1826[1]
Species

See text

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]

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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