Kingdom Animalia Class Gastropoda Superfamily Trochoidea Scientific name Gibbula rarilineata | Phylum Mollusca Clade Vetigastropoda Family Trochidae Rank Species | |
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Similar Gibbula fanulum, Gibbula racketti, Gibbula varia, Gibbula ardens, Gibbula umbilicaris | ||
Gibbula rarilineata 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 8 mm and 14 mm. The shell diverges from Gibbula divaricata by being smaller, and more conical, an having an angulate periphery and a flattened base.
Distribution
Gibbula rarilineata is found in relatively warm European waters off the coast of Spain, Greece, and Portugal; in the Black Sea off Ukraine; in the Atlantic Ocean off the Azores and the Canary Islands.
References
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