Gibberula cherubini

Gibberula cherubini is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Marginellidae, the margin snails.[1]

Gibberula cherubini
Shell of Gibberula cherubini (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Cystiscidae
Subfamily: Cystiscinae
Genus: Gibberula
Species:
G. cherubini
Binomial name
Gibberula cherubini
(Bavay, 1922)
Synonyms[1]
  • Marginella cherubini Bavay, 1922

Description

The shell size is 3.6 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Madagascar, the Seychelles and Réunion.

References

  1. Gibberula cherubini (Bavay, 1922). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 December 2010.
  • Bavay, A., 1922. Coquilles des sables littoraux marins. Journal de Conchyliologie 67: 57–66
  • Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Mollusques testacés marins de Madagascar. Faune des Colonies Francaises, Tome III
  • Cossignani T. (2006) Una nuova Gibberula dal Mar Rosso (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia, Cystiscidae). Malacologia Mostra Mondiale 50: 11.


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