Gibbula racketti

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Gibbula racketti
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Gibbula racketti
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Trochidae
Genus: Gibbula
Species:
G. racketti
Binomial name
Gibbula racketti
(Payraudeau, 1826)
Synonyms
  • Gibbula gibbosulaBrusina, 1865
  • Gibbula isseliMonterosato, 1888
  • Gibbula pseudotumidaNordsieck, 1982
  • Gibbula pygmaeaRisso, 1826
  • Gibbula pygmaea var. apertaMonterosato 1888
  • Gibbula pygmaea var. depressulaMonterosato 1888
  • Gibbula pygmaea var. imitatrixMonterosato 1888
  • Gibbula pygmaea var. perviaMonterosato 1888
  • Gibbula tumida var. racketti(Payraudeau, 1826)
  • Gibbula tumidulinaLocard, 1904
  • Trochus petholatusDillwynn
  • Trochus rackettiPayraudeau, 1826 (original description)
  • Trochus racketti var. albidoconicaBucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus 1884

Gibbula racketti is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails. [1]

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Description

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var. pygmaea

The size of the shell varies between 4 mm and 8 mm. This species form differs from typical Gibbula tumida in the constant smaller size, fewer whorls (4 to 5), and generally more solid and deeply colored shell. It is variable in proportions, frequently as broad or broader than long. [2]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Mediterranean Sea and in the Atlantic Ocean off Portugal.

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