Gibberula miliaria

Gibberula miliaria is a species of very small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Cystiscidae.[1]

Gibberula miliaria
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Family: Cystiscidae
Subfamily: Cystiscinae
Genus: Gibberula
Species:
G. miliaria
Binomial name
Gibberula miliaria
Synonyms[1]
  • Persicula miliaria (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Marginella miliacea Lamarck, 1822
  • Marginella zonata Swainson, W.A., 1840 (nomen dubium)
  • Marginella oryza Doublier, 1853
  • Marginella majuscula Bucquoy, E.J., Ph. Dautzenberg & G.F. Dollfus, 1883

Description

The shell size varies between 4.5 mm and 7.5 mm

Distribution

This species is distributed in European waters (along Spain and Portugal), in the Mediterraneran Sea (along Apulia and Greece) and in the Atlantic Ocean along the Canary Islands and Mauritania.

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References

  • Wolff, W.J.; Duiven, P.; Esselink, P.; Gueve, A. (1993). Biomass of macrobenthic tidal flat fauna of the Banc d'Arguin, Mauritania. Hydrobiologia 258(1-3): 151-163
  • 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
  • "Gibberula miliaria". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2011.


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