Biology:Gibberula occidentalis

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Gibberula occidentalis
Gibberula occidentalis (MNHN-IM-2000-20475).jpeg
Shell of Gibberula occidentalis (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. occidentalis
Binomial name
Gibberula occidentalis
McCleery, 2008[1]

Gibberula occidentalis is a species of very small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Cystiscidae.[2]

Description

The length of the shell attains 1.71 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea off Honduras.

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

Wikidata ☰ Q5558816 entry