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Gibberula boulmerkae

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Species of gastropod

Gibberula boulmerkae
Shell of Gibberula boulmerkae (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Cystiscidae
Subfamily: Cystiscinae
Genus: Gibberula
Species: G. boulmerkae
Binomial name
Gibberula boulmerkae
Ortea, 2015

Gibberula boulmerkae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Cystiscidae. It is named after Algerian athlete Hassiba Boulmerka.

Description

The length of the shell attains 2.2 mm.

This section needs expansion. You can help by adding to it. (December 2020)

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Guadeloupe.

References

  1. ^ MolluscaBase (2018). Gibberula boulmerkae Ortea, 2015. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=865608 on 2019-01-05
  2. Ortea, J. (2015). "Descripción de 21 especies de Gibberula Swainson, 1840 (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Cystiscidae) en honor de 21 mujeres distinguidas con el Premio Príncipe de Asturias". Rev. Acad. Canar. Cienc. (in Spanish). 27: 137–187. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
Taxon identifiers
Gibberula boulmerkae


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