Gibberula crassa

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

Gibberula crassa
Shell of Gibberula crassa (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Cystiscidae
Subfamily: Cystiscinae
Genus: Gibberula
Species:
G. crassa
Binomial name
Gibberula crassa
McCleery, 2009[1]

Description

The length of the shell attains 1.77 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea off Panama.

References

  1. McCleery, Tony (2009). "Descriptions of four new species of the genus Gibberula Swainson, 1840 (Gastropoda: Cystiscidae) from the western Caribbean Sea and proposal for a new species group". Novapex : trimestriel de la Société belge de malacologie. 10 (2): 33–46. Retrieved 14 June 2020.
  2. Gibberula crassa McCleery, 2009. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.


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