Gibberula gruveli

Gibberula gruveli
Shell of Gibberula gruveli (lectotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Cystiscidae
Subfamily:	Cystiscinae
Genus:	Gibberula
Species:	G. gruveli
Binomial name
Gibberula gruveli Bavay, 1913 [1]
Synonyms
Marginella gruveliBavay in Dautzenberg, 1912 (original combination)

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

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Namibia.

Etymology

The snail is named after Jean Abel Gruvel. ^[3]

References

1. Bavay, Arthur René Jean Baptiste (1913). "In Dautzenberg. Mission Gruvel sur la côte occidentale d'Afrique (1909–1910). Mollusques marins". Annales de l'Institut océanographique. 5 (3): 1–111, pl. 1–3. Retrieved 20 June 2020.
2. Gibberula gruveli Bavay . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 24 April 2010.
3. Gibberula gruveli Bavay . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 24 April 2010.

• Dautzenberg, P., 1912. Mission GRUVEL sur la côte occidentale d'Afrique (1909-1910), Mollusques marins. Annales de l'Institut Océanographique "1913"5(3): 111 p, 3 pls
• Gofas, S., 1989. Le genre Volvarina (Marginellidae) dans la Méditerranée et l'Atlantique du nord-est. Bollettino Malacologico 25(5-8): 159-182