Gibberula jeanae

Gibberula jeanae is a species of very small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Cystiscidae.[2]

Gibberula jeanae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Cystiscidae
Subfamily: Cystiscinae
Genus: Gibberula
Species:
G. jeanae
Binomial name
Gibberula jeanae
Lussi & Smith, 1998[1]

Description

Gibberula jeanae was introduced by Lussi and Smith in 1998 as one of eight new species and three new genera in the family Cystiscidae.[3]

Distribution

Gibberula jeanae is found in South Africa.[4]

References

  1. Lussi, M.; Smith, G. (1998). "Family Cystiscidae Stimpson, 1865. Revision of the family Cystiscidae in South Africa with the introduction of three genera and the description of eight new species". Malacologia Mostra Mondiale. 27: 3–23. ISSN 1121-1873.
  2. Gibberula jeanae Lussi & Smith, 1998. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
  3. WoRMS source details Retrieved 2012-02-07.
  4. WoRMS taxon details Retrieved 2012-02-07.


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