Kingdom Animalia Class Gastropoda Superfamily Trochoidea Scientific name Gibbula turbinoides | Phylum Mollusca Clade Vetigastropoda Family Trochidae Rank Species | |
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Similar Gibbula racketti, Gibbula fanulum, Gibbula varia, Gibbula ardens, Gibbula umbilicaris | ||
Gibbula turbinoides 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 4 mm and 10 mm. The globose shell was previously thought to be a smaller variety of Gibbula adansonii. It is rose-red, yellowish, or brown, with short white flammules below the sutures. The remainder of the shell minutely punctate with white.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Mediterranean Sea and in the Atlantic Ocean off Portugal.
References
Gibbula turbinoides Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA