Gibberula velox

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Gibberula velox
File:Gibberula velox (MNHN-IM-2000-20479).jpeg
Shell of Gibberula velox (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. velox
Binomial name
Gibberula velox
McCleery, 2008[1]

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

Description

The length of the shell attains 1.73 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea off Aruba.

References

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