| Gibberula caelata | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Cystiscidae |
| Subfamily: | Cystiscinae |
| Genus: | Gibberula |
| Species: | G. caelata |
| Binomial name | |
| Gibberula caelata (Monterosato, 1877) | |
| Synonyms [1] | |
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Gibberula caelata is a species of a marine gastropod in the family Cystiscidae. [1] [2] [3] It is an infralittoral predator. [3]
Gibberula caelata can measure up to about 5 mm (0.20 in). [3] [4] The shell is stocky and light yellowish-white. [3]
Gibberula caelata occurs in the Mediterranean Sea [1] [3] and immediately adjacent Atlantic Ocean to Algarve. [3] Although there are reports of it from the Canary Islands, there are no recent confirmed records and the earlier reports all seem to be based on misidentifications. [5]
Gibberula is a genus of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Cystiscidae, previously placed in the family Marginellidae, the margin shells or marginellids.
Cystiscidae is a taxonomic family of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks.
Persicula is a taxonomic genus of minute to small predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks. It includes several species which are micromollusks.
Cystiscinae are a taxonomic subfamily of minute sea snails. These are marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Cystiscidae, and the clade Neogastropoda.
Persiculinae is a taxonomic subfamily of minute to small predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks. This subfamily includes several species which are micromollusks.
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