Gibberula benguelensis

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Gibberula benguelensis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Cystiscidae
Subfamily: Cystiscinae
Genus: Gibberula
Species:
G. benguelensis
Binomial name
Gibberula benguelensis
Jousseaume, 1875 [1]

Gibberula benguelensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Cystiscidae. [2]

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Distribution

This species occurs in the Southern Atlantic off Benguela, Angola. [2]

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References

  1. Jousseaume, Félix Pierre (1875). "Coquilles de la famille des marginelles. Monographie". Revue et Magazin de Zoologie. 3 (3): 164–271, 429–435. Retrieved 13 June 2020.
  2. 1 2 MolluscaBase (2018). Gibberula benguelensis Jousseaume, 1875. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=850114 on 2019-01-05