Gibbula corallioides is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.[1]
Gibbula corallioides | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
Order: | Trochida |
Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
Family: | Trochidae |
Genus: | Gibbula |
Species: | G. corallioides
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Binomial name | |
Gibbula corallioides Locard, 1898
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Description
editIt 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.
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Distribution
editThis species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off the Cape Verde Archipelago.[2]
References
edit- ^ Gibbula corallioides Locard, 1898. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 1 May 2010.
- ^ Rolán E., Templado, J. (2001) New species of Trochidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda) from the Cape Verde archipelago Iberus 19 (2) pp. 41–55.