Gibberula aperta

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

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

Description[edit]

The length of the shell attains 1.58 mm.

Distribution[edit]

This marine species occurs in the Antilles off Curaçao.

References[edit]

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