Gibbula tingitana

Gibbula tingitana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Mollusca
Class:Gastropoda
Clade:Vetigastropoda
Superfamily:Trochoidea
Family:Trochidae
Genus:Gibbula
Species: G. tingitana
Binomial name
Gibbula tingitana
Pallary, 1901
Synonyms
  • Gibbula tingitana var. dilatata Pallary 1920
  • Gibbula tingitana var. pyramidata Pallary 1920

Gibbula tingitana 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 2 mm and 5 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Western Mediterranean Sea and off Morocco (Tangiers).

References

  1. ↑ Gibbula tingitana Pallary, 1901.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 1 May 2010.
  • Pallary P. (1901). Diagnoses de quelques coquilles nouvelles provenant du Maroc. Journal de Conchyliologie 49: 226-228, 314-315 page(s): 315


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