Kingdom Animalia Class Gastropoda Superfamily Trochoidea Scientific name Gibbula candei | Phylum Mollusca Clade Vetigastropoda Family Trochidae Rank Species | |
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Similar Gibbula spurca, Gibbula racketti, Gibbula spratti, Gibbula fanulum, Gibbula albida | ||
Gibbula candei is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.
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Description
The size of an adult shell varies between 10 mm and 20 mm. The conoidal shell is olive-yellowish with purplish spots on the top. The shell is elevated and longitudinally unequally striate. The spire is gradate. The whorls are subbicarinate, smooth and flat. The aperture is subquadrangular. The open umbilicus has a smooth texture.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Madeira and the Canary Islands.
References
Gibbula candei Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA