Gibbula tingitana

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

Gibbula tingitana
Shell of Gibbula tingitana (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Vetigastropoda
Order:	Trochida
Superfamily:	Trochoidea
Family:	Trochidae
Genus:	Gibbula
Species:	G. tingitana
Binomial name
Gibbula tingitana Pallary, 1902
Synonyms
Gibbula tingitana var. dilatata Pallary 1920 Gibbula tingitana var. nigra Pallary, 1902 Gibbula tingitana var. pyramidata Pallary 1920

Description

The size of the shell varies between 2 mm and 5 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Western Mediterranean Sea and off Morocco (Tangiers).

References

1. Gibbula tingitana Pallary, 1901. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 1 May 2010.

External links

• "Gibbula tingitana". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
• Pallary P. (1901). Diagnoses de quelques coquilles nouvelles provenant du Maroc. Journal de Conchyliologie 49: 226–228, 314-315 page(s): 315
• Pallary, P., 1920 - Exploration scientifique du Maroc organisée par la Société de Géographie de Paris et continuée par la Société des Sciences Naturelles du Maroc. Deuxième fascicule. Malacologie (1912)., vol. (2)("1912"), p. 1-108
• Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213.