Gibberulus gibberulus
| Gibberulus gibberulus | |
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| Five views of a shell of Gibberulus gibberulus Mörch, 1850 | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Littorinimorpha |
| Superfamily: | Stromboidea |
| Family: | Strombidae |
| Genus: | Gibberulus |
| Species: | G. gibberulus |
| Binomial name | |
| Gibberulus gibberulus (Linnaeus, 1758) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Gibberulus gibberulus, common name the humpbacked conch, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Strombidae, the true conchs.[1]
There are two subspecies :
- Gibberulus gibberulus albus (Mörch, 1850)
- Gibberulus gibberulus gibberulus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Description
Shell of Gibberulus gibberulus (Index Testarum Conchyliorum (1742) of Niccolò Gualtieri)
The adult shell size varies between 30 mm and 70 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Red Sea and in the Indian Ocean along Aldabra, Chagos, Kenya, Madagascar, Mauritius, Mozambique, the Seychelles and Tanzania; in the Pacific Ocean along Australia.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Gibberulus gibberulus (Linnaeus, 1758) . WoRMS (2009). Gibberulus gibberulus (Linnaeus, 1758) . Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=564627 on 24 March 2011.
- Walls, J.G. (1980). Conchs, tibias and harps. A survey of the molluscan families Strombidae and Harpidae. T.F.H. Publications Ltd, Hong Kong.