Kingdom Animalia Class Gastropoda Superfamily Trochoidea Scientific name Gibbula nivosa | Phylum Mollusca Clade Vetigastropoda Family Trochidae Rank Species | |
Similar Gibbula spratti, Gibbula racketti, Gibbula fanulum, Gibbula umbilicaris, Gibbula ardens | ||
Gibbula nivosa, common name the Maltese top shell, 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 6 mm and 9 mm. The umbilicate shell has an orbiculate-conoidal shape. It is gray with almost round spots. It is sulcatei in a crosswise direction and longitudinally substriate. The aperture is almost round. The columella is flexuous. The base of the shell is rounded.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Mediterranean Sea off Malta.
References
Gibbula nivosa Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA