Gibbula capensis
Gibbula capensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.[1]
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| Drawing with two views of a shell of Gibbula capensis | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Trochida |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
| Family: | Trochidae |
| Genus: | Gibbula |
| Species: | G. capensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Gibbula capensis (Gmelin, 1791) | |
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Description
The size of the shell varies between 10 mm and 14 mm. The narrowly umbilicated shell has a conoid-depressed shape with 5 whorls. The first whorl is roseate, eroded, the following convex above, depressed beneath, whitish or rosy, flammulated with brownish-violet radiating maculations, obliquely striate and spirally lirate. The lirae are flat, narrow and not granose. The body whorl is dilated, subangulate above, depresso-carinated at the periphery, convex beneath and ornamented with 9 concentric reddish lirae. The aperture is oblique and subquadrate. The lip is simple. The columella is arcuate, denticulate at base, slightly calloused above, almost covering the umbilicus.[2]
Distribution
This marine species occurs off the Western Cape, and Saldanha Bay to Cape Agulhas, Rep. South Africa
References
- Gibbula capensis (Gmelin, 1791). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 1 May 2010.
- Tryon (1889), Manual of Conchology XI, Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia
- Kilburn, R.N. & Rippey, E. (1982) Sea Shells of Southern Africa. Macmillan South Africa, Johannesburg, xi + 249 pp. page(s): 40