Kingdom Animalia Superfamily Trochoidea Genus Gibbula Phylum Mollusca Rank Species | Clade Vetigastropoda Family Trochidae Scientific name Gibbula pennanti Higher classification Gibbula | |
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Similar Gibbula, Gibbula umbilicalis, Gibbula cineraria, Gibbula varia, Gibbula umbilicaris | ||
Gibbula pennanti is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Trochidae, the top snails.
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The species was named in honor of Thomas Pennant (1726 – 1798) was a Welsh naturalist.
Description
The size of the shell varies between 10 mm and 16 mm. The shell is more depressed than Gibbula cineraria, and (although the base is flatter) never inclined to a pyramidal form. The spiral ridges are sharper and fewer, especially in the young. The present species is usually more widely umbilicate and broader than Gibbula cineraria. The coloring is different; both have a similar kind of marking, but in the present species the longitudinal rays or streaks are red, besides being broader and not half so many as in the other species. And they are sometimes zigzag, instead of being broken into spots or interrupted by the sculpture. This species is striped, the other lineated. Just within the outer lip are two borders, one of yellow, the other of green variegated by red spots. This edging is minutely tubercled like shagreen.
Distribution
This species occurs in the North Sea and off Spain.
