Kingdom Animalia Class Gastropoda Superfamily Trochoidea Scientific name Gibbula leucophaea | Phylum Mollusca Clade Vetigastropoda Family Trochidae Rank Species | |
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Similar Gibbula fanulum, Gibbula racketti, Gibbula spratti, Gibbula ardens, Gibbula albida | ||
Gibbula leucophaea 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 the shell varies between 5 mm and 7 mm. Compared with Gibbula adansonii, is the shell more solid, generally paler, and the base whitish. The spiral sculpture is stronger. The penultimate whorl has about 5 well-marked, separated spiral lirae. The body whorl is angulate at the periphery.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Mediterranean Sea and in the Atlantic Ocean off the Azores.
References
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