Gibbula rarilineata

Gibbula rarilineata
Several views of a shell of Gibbula rarilineata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Trochidae
Genus: Gibbula
Species: G. rarilineata
Binomial name
Gibbula rarilineata
(Michaud, 1829)
Synonyms
  • Gibbula divaricata var. rarilineata (Michaud, 1829)
  • Gibbula purpurata Brusina, 1865
  • Gibbula rarilineata var. crimeana Anistratenko & Starobogatov, 1991
  • Gibbula rarilineata var. pulchella Pallary 1919
  • Steromphala crimeana Anistratenko & Starobogatov, 1991
  • Trochus cossurensis Monterosato, 1875 (synonym)
  • Trochus rarilineatus Michaud, 1829 (original description)

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

Description

The size of the shell varies between 8 mm and 14 mm. The shell diverges from Gibbula divaricata by being smaller, and more conical, an having an angulate periphery and a flattened base.[2]

Distribution

Gibbula rarilineata is found in relatively warm European waters off the coast of Spain, Greece, and Portugal; in the Black Sea off Ukraine; in the Atlantic Ocean off the Azores and the Canary Islands.[1]

References

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