Gibberula conejoensis

Gibberula conejoensis is a species of very small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc or micromollusc in the family Cystiscidae.[2]

Gibberula conejoensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Family: Cystiscidae
Subfamily: Cystiscinae
Genus: Gibberula
Species:
G. conejoensis
Binomial name
Gibberula conejoensis
McCleery, 2008[1]

Description

Distribution

It has only been found in its type locality, Isla Conejo, Los Testigos Islands, which are Federal Dependencies of Venezuela in the Caribbean.[3]

References

  1. McCleery, T. (2008). "Descriptions of sixteen new species of the genus Gibberula Swainson, 1840 (Gastropoda: Cystiscidae) from the Caribbean". Novapex. 9 (2–3): 101–118.
  2. Gibberula conejoensis McCleery, 2008. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
  3. McCleery, Tony (2008). "Descriptions of sixteen new species of the genus Gibberula Swainson, 1840 (Gastropoda : Cystiscidae) from the Caribbean". Novapex. 9 (2–3): 107.


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