Gibberula conejoensis
Appearance
Gibberula conejoensis | |
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Shell of Gibberula conejoensis (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Cystiscidae |
Subfamily: | Cystiscinae |
Genus: | Gibberula |
Species: | G. conejoensis
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Binomial name | |
Gibberula conejoensis McCleery, 2008[1]
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Gibberula conejoensis is a species of very small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc or micromollusc in the family Cystiscidae.[2]
Description
[edit]The length of this species attains 2.55 mm.
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Distribution
[edit]It has only been found in its type locality, Isla Conejo, Los Testigos Islands, which are Federal Dependencies of Venezuela in the Caribbean.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ 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.
- ^ Gibberula conejoensis McCleery, 2008. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
- ^ McCleery, Tony (2008). "Descriptions of sixteen new species of the genus Gibberula Swainson, 1840 (Gastropoda : Cystiscidae) from the Caribbean". Novapex. 9 (2–3): 107.