| Gibberula chudeaui | |
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| Shell of Gibberula chudeaui (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Cystiscidae |
| Subfamily: | Cystiscinae |
| Genus: | Gibberula |
| Species: | G. chudeaui |
| Binomial name | |
| Gibberula chudeaui (Bavay, 1922) | |
| Synonyms [1] | |
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Gibberula chudeaui is a species of very small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Cystiscidae. [1]
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This species occurs off the Banc d'Arguin in the North Atlantic Ocean.
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