Gibberula lessingae

Gibberula lessingae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Cystiscidae.[1][2]

Gibberula lessingae
Shell of Gibberula lessingae (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Cystiscidae
Subfamily: Cystiscinae
Genus: Gibberula
Species:
G. lessingae
Binomial name
Gibberula lessingae
Ortea, 2015

Description

The length of the shell attains 2.52 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Guadeloupe.[1]

References

  1. MolluscaBase (2018). Gibberula lessingae Ortea, 2015. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=865611 on 2019-01-05
  2. Ortea J. (2015). Descripción de 21 especies de Gibberula Swainson, 1840 (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Cystiscidae) en honor de 21 mujeres distinguidas con el Premio Príncipe de Asturias. Revista de la Academia Canaria de Ciencias. 27: 137-187.


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