Gibbula tingitana

Gibbula tingitana
Shell of Gibbula tingitana (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Vetigastropoda
Order:	Trochida
Superfamily:	Trochoidea
Family:	Trochidae
Genus:	Gibbula
Species:	G. tingitana
Binomial name
Gibbula tingitana Pallary, 1902
Synonyms
Gibbula tingitana var. dilatata Pallary 1920 Gibbula tingitana var. nigra Pallary, 1902 Gibbula tingitana var. pyramidata Pallary 1920

Gibbula tingitana is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.

Description

The size of the shell varies between 2 mm and 5 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Western Mediterranean Sea and off Morocco (Tangiers).

External links

• "Gibbula tingitana". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
• Pallary P. (1901). Diagnoses de quelques coquilles nouvelles provenant du Maroc. Journal de Conchyliologie 49: 226–228, 314-315 page(s): 315
• Pallary, P., 1920 - Exploration scientifique du Maroc organisée par la Société de Géographie de Paris et continuée par la Société des Sciences Naturelles du Maroc. Deuxième fascicule. Malacologie (1912)., vol. (2)("1912"), p. 1-108
• Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213.