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Gibbula tingitana

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Gibbula tingitana
Shell of Gibbula tingitana (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
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. tingitana
Binomial name
Gibbula tingitana
Pallary, 1902
Synonyms
  • Gibbula tingitana var. dilatata Pallary 1920
  • Gibbula tingitana var. nigra Pallary, 1902
  • Gibbula tingitana var. pyramidata Pallary 1920

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

Description

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The size of the shell varies between 2 mm and 5 mm.

Distribution

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This species occurs in the Western Mediterranean Sea and off Morocco (Tangiers).

References

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