Gibberula burnupi

Gibberula burnupi
Gibberula burnupi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Cystiscidae
Subfamily: Persiculinae
Genus: Gibberula
Species: G. burnupi
Binomial name
Gibberula burnupi
(G.B. Sowerby III, 1897)
Synonyms[1]
  • Marginella burnupi Sowerby, 1897
  • Marginella lepta Bartsch, P., 1915

Gibberula burnupi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cystiscidae, the margin snails.[1]

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Description

The shell size varies between 4 mm and 5.2 mm

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Indian Ocean along Madagascar and South Africa

References

  1. ^ a b Gibberula burnupi (G.B. Sowerby III, 1897) .  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=517288  on 4 December 2010.

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