Gibberula oriens

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Gibberula oriens
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Shell of Gibberula oriens (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Cystiscidae
Subfamily: Cystiscinae
Genus: Gibberula
Species:
G. oriens
Binomial name
Gibberula oriens
McCleery, 2008 [1]


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

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Description

The length of the shell attains 1.84 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea off Venezuela.

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