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

  1. ↑ Deshayes, Expéd. Morée, p. 143, t. 18, f. 28-30.
  2. ↑ Gibbula turbinoides (Deshayes, 1835).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 1 May 2010.
  3. ↑ Tryon (1889), Manual of Conchology XI, Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia
  • 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

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