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Gibbula senegalensis

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Species of gastropod

Gibbula senegalensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Trochidae
Genus: Gibbula
Species: G. senegalensis
Binomial name
Gibbula senegalensis
Menke, 1853
Synonyms

Gibbula nassauiensis "Chemnitz, J.H." Stearns, R.E.C., 1893

Gibbula senegalensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.

Description

The size of the shell varies between 2 and 5.5 mm (0.079 and 0.217 in).

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off the Cape Verdes and is widespread off West Africa.

References

  1. Gibbula senegalensis Menke, 1853. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 1 May 2010.
  2. Rolán E. and Templado (2001), New species of Trochidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda) from the Cape Verde archipelago; Iberus : revista de la Sociedad Española de Malacología v. 18-19 (2000–2001)
  • Rolán E., 2005. Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda

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Taxon identifiers
Gibbula senegalensis


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