| Gibbula leucophaea | |
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| Drawing of a shell of Gibbula leucophaea | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Trochida |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
| Family: | Trochidae |
| Genus: | Gibbula |
| Species: | G. leucophaea |
| Binomial name | |
| Gibbula leucophaea (Philippi, 1836) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Gibbula leucophaea is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails. [1]
The size of the shell varies between 5 mm and 7 mm. Compared with Gibbula adansonii , is the shell more solid, generally paler, and the base whitish. The spiral sculpture is stronger. The penultimate whorl has about 5 well-marked, separated spiral lirae. The body whorl is angulate at the periphery. [2]
This species occurs in the Mediterranean Sea and in the Atlantic Ocean off the Azores.
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