Gibberula cherubini

Gibberula cherubini is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Marginellidae, the margin snails.[1]

Gibberula cherubini
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Family: Cystiscidae
Subfamily: Persiculinae
Genus: Gibberula
Species:
G. cherubini
Binomial name
Gibberula cherubini
(Bavay, 1922)
Synonyms[1]
  • Marginella cherubini Bavay, 1922

Description

The shell size is 3.6 mm

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Indian Ocean along Madagascar and Réunion

References

  1. Gibberula cherubini (Bavay, 1922). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 December 2010.
  • Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Mollusques testacés marins de Madagascar. Faune des Colonies Francaises, Tome III
  • Cossignani T. (2006) Una nuova Gibberula dal Mar Rosso (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia, Cystiscidae). Malacologia Mostra Mondiale 50: 11.


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