Gibbula rarilineata
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| Gibbula rarilineata | |
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| Several views of a shell of Gibbula rarilineata | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Clade: | Vetigastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
| Family: | Trochidae |
| Genus: | Gibbula |
| Species: | G. rarilineata |
| Binomial name | |
| Gibbula rarilineata (Michaud, 1829) | |
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Gibbula rarilineata 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 8 mm and 14 mm. The shell diverges from Gibbula divaricata by being smaller, and more conical, an having an angulate periphery and a flattened base.[2]
Distribution
Gibbula rarilineata is found in relatively warm European waters off the coast of Spain, Greece, and Portugal; in the Black Sea off Ukraine; in the Atlantic Ocean off the Azores and the Canary Islands.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Gibbula rarilineata (Michaud, 1829). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 1 May 2010.
- ↑ Tryon (1889), Manual of Conchology XI, Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia
- Michaud A. L. G., 1829: Description de plusieurs espèces nouvelles de coquilles vivantes; Bulletin d'Histoire Naturelle de la Société Linnéenne de Bordeaux 3: 260-276, 1 pl.
- Brusina S., 1865: Conchiglie dalmate inedite; Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-königlichen Zoologisch-botanisch Gesellschaft in Wien 15: 3-42
- Monterosato T. A. (di), 1875 (letta il 24. 1. 1875): Nuova rivista delle Conchiglie Mediterranee. (Catalogo delle Conchiglie Mediterranee); Atti dell'Accademia Palermitana di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti, Palermo (2) 5: 1-50
- Anistratenko V.V. & Starobogatov Y., 1991: Mollusks of the order Trochiformes (Gastropoda, Pectinibranchia) from the black sea and the sea of Azov [in Russian with English summary]; Bulleten Moskovskogo obscestva ispytatelej priroda. Otdel biologiceskij 96(1): 65-71
- 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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