Gibbula corallioides

Gibbula corallioides
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Trochidae
Genus: Gibbula
Species:
G. corallioides
Binomial name
Gibbula corallioides
Locard, 1898

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

Description

It is similar to Gibbula magus and has often been considered in the past a synonym of this species. But it is somewhat smaller and the color variations are different.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off the Cape Verde Archipelago.[2]

References

  1. ^ Gibbula corallioides Locard, 1898. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 1 May 2010.
  2. ^ Rolán E., Templado, J. (2001) New species of Trochidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda) from the Cape Verde archipelago Iberus 19 (2) pp. 41–55.


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