Gibbula

Gibbula
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous–Recent
Five live individuals of Gibbula divaricata from the Mediterranean Sea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Mollusca
Class:Gastropoda
Clade:Vetigastropoda
Superfamily:Trochoidea
Family:Trochidae
Genus:Gibbula
Risso, 1826[1]
Type species
Trochus magus Linnaeus, C., 1758
Synonyms[2]
  • Colliculus Monterosato, 1888
  • Forskalena Iredale, 1918
  • Forskalia H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854 (preoccupied by Forskalia Kölliker, 1853 (Hydrozoa))
  • Gibbulastra Monterosato, 1884
  • Korenia Friele, 1877
  • Scrobiculinus Monterosato, 1889
  • Steromphala Gray, 1847
  • Strigosella Sacco, 1896
  • Trochus (Gibbula)

Gibbula is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Trochidae, the top snails.[2]

Distribution

The species in this genus occur through all seas, except on the coast of the American continent.

Description

The cyrtoconoid (= approaching a conical shape but with convex sides) shell is usually perforate or umbilicate. The spire is moderately elevated. The whorls are often gibbous or tuberculose beneath the sutures, smooth or spirally ribbed. The last whorl is generally angular at the periphery. The aperture is subrhomboidal. The columella is oblique, dentate or subsinuous at the base. The outer lip is acute. The central tooth and the lateral teeth of the radula have well-developed denticulate cusps.The outer lateral teeth are wider.[3]

Species

Species within the genus Gibbula include.[4][5][6]

Fossil Gibbula sp. from the Pliocene of Cyprus. Note small predation scars.
Species brought into synonymy
Nomen dubium
  • Gibbula rosea (Gmelin, 1791)

References

  1. ↑ Risso A. (1826). H.N. Europe 4: 134.
  2. 1 2 Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2011). Gibbula Risso, 1826. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138590 on 2011-04-02
  3. ↑ G.W. Tryon (1889) Manual of Conchology XI p. 12
  4. ↑ MarLIN: The Marine Life Information Network for Britain & Ireland
  5. ↑ gastropods.com Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine.
  6. ↑ The Paleobiology Database: Gibbula
  7. ↑ George Washington Tryon, Structural and systematic conchology: an introduction to the study of the Mollusca, p. 219; 1882
  8. ↑ Gastropods.com: Gibbula (Gibbula) aurantia
  9. ↑ Gastropods.com: Gibbula fulgens
  • Risso, A. (1826). Histoire naturelle des principales productions de l'Europe Méridionale et particulièrement de celles des environs de Nice et des Alpes Maritimes. Paris: F.G. Levrault. Vol. 4: IV, 1-439, 12 pls.
  • Fischer-Piette E., Gaillard J.-M. & Kisch B.S. (1962). Les variations, du Nord au Sud, de Gibbula cineraria L. et ses rapports avec Calliostoma strigosum Gmel.. Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, nouvelle série, série A, Zoologie 28(1): 32 pp., 12 pl.
  • Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp.
  • 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
  • Monterosato T. A. (di) (1889 (1 gennaio)). Coquilles marines marocaines. Journal de Conchyliologie 37(1): 20-40; 37(2): 112-121.
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