Gibbula turbinoides

Gibbula turbinoides
Drawing with two views of a shell of Gibbula turbinoides
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Clade:	Vetigastropoda
Superfamily:	Trochoidea
Family:	Trochidae
Genus:	Gibbula
Species:	G. turbinoides
Binomial name
Gibbula turbinoides (Deshayes, 1835) [1]
Synonyms
Gibbula purpurea var. normalis Monterosato 1888 Gibbula purpurea var. seriata Monterosato 1888 Trochus adansoni var. helicoides Philippi 1844 Trochus adansoni var. lutea Dautzenberg 1883 Trochus turbinoides Deshayes, 1835 (original description) Trochus turbinoides var. albida Dautzenberg 1883 Trochus turbinoides var. atra Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus 1884 Trochus turbinoides var. cincta Dautzenberg 1883 Trochus turbinoides var. rosea Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus 1884 Trochus turbinoides var. rubra Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus 1884 Trochus turbinoides var. unicolor Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus 1884 Trochus turbinoides var. virescens Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus 1884

Gibbula turbinoides is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.^[2]

Description

The size of the shell varies between 4 mm and 10 mm. The globose shell was previously thought to be a smaller variety of Gibbula adansonii. It is rose-red, yellowish, or brown, with short white flammules below the sutures. The remainder of the shell minutely punctate with white.^[3]

Distribution

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

References

• 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

External links

• Gastropods.com: Gibbula turbinoides