Biology:Gibberula fortisminor

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Gibberula fortisminor
Gibberula fortisminor (MNHN-IM-2000-20471).jpeg
Shell of Gibberula fortisminor (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. fortisminor
Binomial name
Gibberula fortisminor
McCleery, 2008[1]

Gibberula fortisminor 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 1.72 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the West Indies off St. Vincent and the Grenadines.

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

Wikidata ☰ Q5558766 entry