Gibbula leucophaea is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.[1]
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| Drawing of a shell of Gibbula leucophaea | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Trochida |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
| Family: | Trochidae |
| Genus: | Gibbula |
| Species: | G. leucophaea
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| Binomial name | |
| Gibbula leucophaea (Philippi, 1836)
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Description edit
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 edit
This species occurs in the Mediterranean Sea and in the Atlantic Ocean off the Azores.
References edit
- ^ Gibbula leucophaea (Philippi, 1836). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 1 May 2010.
- ^ Tryon (1889), Manual of Conchology XI, Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia
- 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
External links edit
- "Gibbula leucophaea". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.