Gibborissoia virgata

Gibborissoia virgata
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Family:	Litiopidae
Genus:	Gibborissoia
Species:	G. virgata
Binomial name
	Gibborissoia virgata; (Philippi, 1849)
Synonyms
	List Alaba mirabilis (Hornung & Mermod, 1926); Apicularia (Thapsiella) stricta F. Nordsieck, 1972; Apicularia stricta F. Nordsieck, 1972; Fenella virgata (Philippi, 1849); Gibborissoa mirabilis Hornung & Mermod, 1926; Gibborissoa virgata (Philippi, 1849); Gibborissoia mirabilis Hornung & Mermod, 1926; Rissoa virgata Philippi, 1849;

Gibborissoia virgata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Litiopidae.^[1]

Distribution

This species is found in the Mediterranean Sea, the Red Sea and in the Indian Ocean along Madagascar.

Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Mollusques testaces marins de Madagascar. Faune des Colonies Francaises, Tome III
Streftaris, N.; Zenetos, A.; Papathanassiou, E. (2005). Globalisation in marine ecosystems: the story of non-indigenous marine species across European seas. Oceanogr. Mar. Biol. Annu. Rev. 43: 419–453

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