Gibberula jenphillipsi

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

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

Description

The length of the shell attains 2.43 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea off Curaçao.

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 jenphillipsi McCleery, 2008. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.


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