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Gibbula turbinoides

Species of gastropod From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Gibbula turbinoides
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Gibbula turbinoides is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.[2]

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Description

The size of the shell varies between 4 mm and 10 mm. The globose shell was previously thought to be a smaller variety of Gibbula adansonii. It is rose-red, yellowish, or brown, with short white flammules below the sutures. The remainder of the shell minutely punctate with white.[3]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Mediterranean Sea and in the Atlantic Ocean off Portugal.

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