Gibbula turbinoides

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Gibbula turbinoides
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Drawing with two views of a shell of Gibbula turbinoides
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Trochidae
Genus: Gibbula
Species:
G. turbinoides
Binomial name
Gibbula turbinoides
(Deshayes, 1835) [1]
Synonyms
  • Gibbula purpurea var. normalisMonterosato 1888
  • Gibbula purpurea var. seriataMonterosato 1888
  • Trochus adansoni var. helicoidesPhilippi 1844
  • Trochus adansoni var. luteaDautzenberg 1883
  • Trochus turbinoidesDeshayes, 1835 (original description)
  • Trochus turbinoides var. albidaDautzenberg 1883
  • Trochus turbinoides var. atraBucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus 1884
  • Trochus turbinoides var. cinctaDautzenberg 1883
  • Trochus turbinoides var. roseaBucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus 1884
  • Trochus turbinoides var. rubraBucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus 1884
  • Trochus turbinoides var. unicolorBucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus 1884
  • Trochus turbinoides var. virescensBucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus 1884

Gibbula turbinoides is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails. [2]

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Description

The size of the shell varies between 4 mm and 10 mm. The globose shell was previously thought to be a smaller variety of Gibbula adansonii. It is rose-red, yellowish, or brown, with short white flammules below the sutures. The remainder of the shell minutely punctate with white. [3]

Distribution

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

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