Biology:Notogibbula

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Short description: Genus of gastropods

Notogibbula
Notogibbula bicarinata 001.jpg
Notogibbula bicarinata
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Trochidae
Genus: Notogibbula
Iredale, 1924 [1]
Type species
Gibbula coxi
Angas, 1867

Notogibbula is a genus of sea snail, marine gastropod molluscs of the family Trochidae, the top shells.[2]

Distribution

This marine genus is found off the coast of Australia (New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria and Western Australia). It also occurs in the Persian Gulf and in the Indian Ocean off Tanzania.

Species

According to the Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database, the following species with names in current use are included within the genus Notogibbula :[3]

Species brought into synonymy
  • Notogibbula maccullochi (Hedley, 1907): synonym of Eurytrochus maccullochi (Hedley, 1907)
  • Notogibbula townsendi (Sowerby III, 1895): synonym of Agagus agagus Jousseaume, F.P., 1894
Notogibbula bicarinata, apical view

References

  1. Iredale, 1924;Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, 49(3): 182, 226
  2. WoRMS (2014). Notogibbula Iredale, 1924. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=413457 on 2014-06-08
  3. OBIS : Notogibbula

Further reading

  • Williams S.T., Karube S. & Ozawa T. (2008) Molecular systematics of Vetigastropoda: Trochidae, Turbinidae and Trochoidea redefined. Zoologica Scripta 37: 483–506.

Wikidata ☰ Q7063187 entry