Gibberula conejoensis

Gibberula conejoensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Cystiscidae
Subfamily: Persiculinae
Genus: Gibberula
Species: G. conejoensis
Binomial name
Gibberula conejoensis
McCleery, 2008[1][2]

Gibberula conejoensis is a species of very small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc or micromollusc in the family Cystiscidae.[3]

Distribution

It has only been found in its type locality, Isla Conejo, Los Testigos Islands, which are Federal Dependencies of Venezuela in the Caribbean.[2]

References

  1. McCleery (2008). Novapex 9 (2-3) : 101-18. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 24 April 2010.
  2. 1 2 McCleery, Tony (2008). "Descriptions of sixteen new species of the genus Gibberula Swainson, 1840 (Gastropoda : Cystiscidae) from the Caribbean". Novapex. 9 (2–3): 107.
  3. Gibberula conejoensis McCleery, 2008.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.


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