Biology:Gibberula aperta

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Gibberula aperta
Gibberula aperta (MNHN-IM-2000-20465).jpeg
Shell of Gibberula aperta (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Cystiscidae
Subfamily: Cystiscinae
Genus: Gibberula
Species:
G. aperta
Binomial name
Gibberula aperta
McCleery, 2008[1]

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

Description

The length of the shell attains 1.58 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Antilles off Curaçao.

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 aperta McCleery, 2008. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.

Wikidata ☰ Q5558712 entry