Gibbula leucophaea

Gibbula leucophaea
Drawing of a shell of Gibbula leucophaea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Clade:	Vetigastropoda
Superfamily:	Trochoidea
Family:	Trochidae
Genus:	Gibbula
Species:	G. leucophaea
Binomial name
Gibbula leucophaea (Philippi, 1836)
Synonyms
Gibbula adansonii var. adriatica (Philippi, 1836) Gibbula delicata Coen 1937 Trochus cinerascens Anton 1839 Trochus euxinicus Andrzeiewsky 1837 Trochus leucophaeus Philippi 1836 (original description)

Gibbula leucophaea 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 5 mm and 7 mm. Compared with Gibbula adansonii, is the shell more solid, generally paler, and the base whitish. The spiral sculpture is stronger. The penultimate whorl has about 5 well-marked, separated spiral lirae. The body whorl is angulate at the periphery.^[2]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Mediterranean Sea and in the Atlantic Ocean off the Azores.

External links

• Gastropods.com: Gibbula leucophaea

References

• Philippi R. A., 1836: Enumeratio molluscorum Siciliae cum viventium tum in tellure tertiaria fossilium, quae in itinere suo observavit. Vol. 1; Schropp, Berlin [Berolini] xiv + 267 p., pl. 1-12
• Anton H. E., 1839: Verzeichniss der Conchylien welche sich in der Sammlung von Hermann Eduard Anton befinden; Halle XVI + 110 p
• Coen G., 1937: Nuovo saggio di una sylloge molluscorum Adriaticorum ; Memoria Reale Comitato Talassografico Italiano 240, 1–173, 10 pls
• 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