Gibbula albida

Gibbula albida
Shell of Gibbula albida
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Clade:	Vetigastropoda
Superfamily:	Trochoidea
Family:	Trochidae
Genus:	Gibbula
Species:	G. albida
Binomial name
Gibbula albida (Gmelin, 1790) [1]
Synonyms
Gibbula purpurea Coen, 1930 Gibbula thiara Coen, 1930 Trochocochlea castriotae Bellini, 1903 Trochus albidus Gmelin, 1790 (original combination) Trochus albidus var. pontica Milaschewitsch, 1908 Trochus biasoletti Philippi, 1836 Trochus bornii Cantraine 1835 Trochus cinerarius Linnaeus, 1758 Trochus clodianus Nardo, 1847 Trochus lyciacus Forbes, 1844 Trochus magulus Deshayes, 1835 Trochus quadratus Dillwyn, 1817

Gibbula albida, common name the whitish gibbula, is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Trochidae, the top snails. ^[2]

Description

The size of the shell varies between 10 mm and 24 mm. The solid, umbilicate or imperforate shell has a conical shape. it is whitish, painted with longitudinal stripes of red, brown or purple, the base striped, maculated or mottled. The acute spire contains 7 whorls. These are tumid below the sutures and sometimes obsoletely plicate there and spirally lirate. The body whorl is tumid at the periphery and convex beneath. The columella is slightly sinuous and prominent in the middle. The white umbilicus is funnel-shaped when open, frequently closed. ^[3]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean, the Mediterranean Sea, the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov

References

1. Gmelin J. F., 1791: Caroli Linnaei systema Naturae per regna tria naturae. Editio decimatertia, aucta, reformata, Vermes Testacea; Leipzig [Lipsiae] 1 (6): 3021-3910 [
2. Gofas, S. (2013). Gibbula albida (Gmelin, 1791). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=141779 on 2014-01-22
3. Tryon (1889), Manual of Conchology XI, Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia

• Dillwyn L. W., 1817: A descriptive catalogue of Recent shells, arranged according to the Linnean method; London, Vol. 1: pp. 580 + 5 pl. . Vol. 2: pp. 581-1092 + 29 pl.
• Cantraine F. J., 1835: Diagnoses ou descriptions succinctes de quelques espèces nouvelles de mollusques ; Bulletins de l'Académie Royale des Sciences et Belles-lettres de Bruxelles 2 (11): 380-411
• Deshayes G. P., 1835: Mollusques. Pp. 81-203, pl. 18-26, in Bory de Saint-Vincent J.B.G.M. (ed.), Expédition scientifique de Morée. Section des Sciences Physiques. Tome III. 1ere Partie. Zoologie. Première Section. Animaux vertébrés, Mollusques et Polypiers. Levrault, Paris, 81-203 pl. 18-26
• Philippi R. A., 1836: Enumeratio molluscorum Siciliae cum viventium tum in tellure tertiaria fossilium, quae in itinere suo observavit. Vol. 1 ; Schropp, Berlin [Berolini] xiv + 267 p., pl. 1-12
• Forbes E., 1844: Report on the Mollusca and Radiata of the Aegean sea, and on their distribution, considered as bearing on geology; Reports of the British Association for the Advancement of Science (1843): 130-193
• Nardo D., 1847: Sinonimia moderna delle specie registrate nell’opera intitolata: Descrizione de’Crostacei, de’Testacei e de’Pesci che abitano le Lagune e Golfo Veneto, rappresentati in figure, a chiaroscuro ed a colori dall’ Abate Stefano Chiereghini Ven. Clodiense applicata per commissione governativa; Venezia pp. i-xi, 1-127
• Coen G., 1930: Gibbula (Forskaliopsis nov. sect.) Bellinii n. sp. nuovo gasteropodo marino di Capri ; Annuario del Museo Zoologico della Reale Università di Napoli (n. ser.) 6(4): 2
• Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213