Biology:Gibbula spratti

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Gibbula spratti
Gibbula spratti 001.jpg
Drawing with two views of a shell of Gibbula spratti
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Trochidae
Genus: Gibbula
Species:
G. spratti
Binomial name
Gibbula spratti
(Forbes, 1844) [1]
Synonyms
  • Trochus alveolatus Philippi, 1846 (dubious synonym)
  • Trochus spratti Forbes, 1844

Gibbula spratti 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 5 mm and 8 mm. The somewhat thick, narrowly perforate shell has a conoid shape. It is whitish, radiately tlammulate with deep brown subquadrate maculations. The shell is very finely obliquely striate, and concentrically lirate. Each whorl is encircled by two more prominent, remote sulci. The shell contains 6 convex whorls, separated by deep sutures, and inflated above. The body whorl is subangulate, convex beneath, and contains numerous unequal concentric lirae. The aperture is rhomboidal. The slightly convex columella is sinuous in the middle.[3]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Aegean Sea.

References

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q5559045 entry