Gibberula sassenae

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Gibberula sassenae
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Shell of Gibberula sassenae (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. sassenae
Binomial name
Gibberula sassenae
Ortea, 2015

Gibberula sassenae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Cystiscidae. It is named after Dutch-American sociologist Saskia Sassen. [1] [2]

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Description

The length of the shell attains 2.39 mm.

Their functional type is benthos. [1]

Their feeding type is predatory. [1]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Guadeloupe. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 MolluscaBase (2018). Gibberula sassenae Ortea, 2015. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=865621 Archived 2016-04-21 at the Wayback Machine on 2019-01-05
  2. ↑ Ortea, J. (2015). "Descripción de 21 especies de Gibberula Swainson, 1840 (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Cystiscidae) en honor de 21 mujeres distinguidas con el Premio Príncipe de Asturias". Rev. Acad. Canar. Cienc. (in Spanish). 27: 137–187. Retrieved 22 April 2021.


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