Gibberula belizensis

Gibberula belizensis is a species of very small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc or micromollusc in the family Cystiscidae.[2]

Gibberula belizensis
Shell of Gibberula belizensis (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Cystiscidae
Subfamily: Cystiscinae
Genus: Gibberula
Species:
G. belizensis
Binomial name
Gibberula belizensis
McCleery, 2008[1]

Description

The length of the shell attains 1.96 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea off Belize.

References

  1. McCleery, T. (2008). "Descriptions of sixteen new species of the genus Gibberula Swainson, 1840 (Gastropoda: Cystiscidae) from the Caribbean". Novapex. 9 (2–3): 101–118.
  2. Gibberula belizensis McCleery, 2008. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.


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