Gibberula cherubini is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Marginellidae, the margin snails.[1]
| Gibberula cherubini | |
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| Shell of Gibberula cherubini | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Cystiscidae |
| Subfamily: | Cystiscinae |
| Genus: | Gibberula |
| Species: | G. cherubini
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| Binomial name | |
| Gibberula cherubini (Bavay, 1922)
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Description
editThe shell size is 3.6 mm.
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Distribution
editThis species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Madagascar, the Seychelles and Réunion.
References
edit- ^ a b Gibberula cherubini (Bavay, 1922). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 December 2010.
- Bavay, A., 1922. Coquilles des sables littoraux marins. Journal de Conchyliologie 67: 57–66
- Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Mollusques testacés marins de Madagascar. Faune des Colonies Francaises, Tome III
- Cossignani T. (2006) Una nuova Gibberula dal Mar Rosso (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia, Cystiscidae). Malacologia Mostra Mondiale 50: 11.