Gibbula leucophaea

Gibbula leucophaea is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.[1]

Gibbula leucophaea
Drawing of a shell of Gibbula leucophaea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Trochidae
Genus: Gibbula
Species:
G. leucophaea
Binomial name
Gibbula leucophaea
(Philippi, 1836)
Synonyms
  • Gibbula adansonii var. adriatica (Philippi, 1836)
  • Gibbula delicata Coen 1937
  • Trochus cinerascens Anton 1839
  • Trochus euxinicus Andrzeiewsky 1837
  • Trochus leucophaeus Philippi 1836 (original description)

Description

The size of the shell varies between 5 mm and 7 mm. Compared with Gibbula adansonii, is the shell more solid, generally paler, and the base whitish. The spiral sculpture is stronger. The penultimate whorl has about 5 well-marked, separated spiral lirae. The body whorl is angulate at the periphery.[2]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Mediterranean Sea and in the Atlantic Ocean off the Azores.

References
  1. Gibbula leucophaea (Philippi, 1836). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 1 May 2010.
  2. Tryon (1889), Manual of Conchology XI, Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia
  • Philippi R. A., 1836: Enumeratio molluscorum Siciliae cum viventium tum in tellure tertiaria fossilium, quae in itinere suo observavit. Vol. 1; Schropp, Berlin [Berolini] xiv + 267 p., pl. 1-12
  • Anton H. E., 1839: Verzeichniss der Conchylien welche sich in der Sammlung von Hermann Eduard Anton befinden; Halle XVI + 110 p
  • Coen G., 1937: Nuovo saggio di una sylloge molluscorum Adriaticorum ; Memoria Reale Comitato Talassografico Italiano 240, 1–173, 10 pls
  • Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213
  • "Gibbula leucophaea". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
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