Gibberula gruveli is a species of very small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Cystiscidae.[2]
| Gibberula gruveli | |
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| Shell of Gibberula gruveli (lectotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
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. gruveli
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| Gibberula gruveli | |
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Marginella gruveli Bavay in Dautzenberg, 1912 (original combination) | |
Description
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Distribution
editThis marine species occurs off Namibia.
Etymology
editThe snail is named after Jean Abel Gruvel.[3]
References
edit- ^ Bavay, Arthur René Jean Baptiste (1913). "In Dautzenberg. Mission Gruvel sur la côte occidentale d'Afrique (1909–1910). Mollusques marins". Annales de l'Institut océanographique. 5 (3): 1–111, pl. 1–3. Retrieved 20 June 2020.
- ^ Gibberula gruveli Bavay. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
- ^ Gibberula gruveli Bavay. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
- Dautzenberg, P., 1912. Mission GRUVEL sur la côte occidentale d'Afrique (1909-1910), Mollusques marins. Annales de l'Institut Océanographique "1913"5(3): 111 p, 3 pls
- Gofas, S., 1989. Le genre Volvarina (Marginellidae) dans la Méditerranée et l'Atlantique du nord-est. Bollettino Malacologico 25(5-8): 159-182