Gibbula
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Gibbula is a genus
Genus
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 of small sea snail
Sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for those snails that normally live in saltwater, marine gastropod molluscs....

s, marine
Marine (ocean)
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 gastropod molluscs in the family Trochidae
Trochidae
The Trochidae, common name top snails, are a taxonomic family of very small to large sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Vetigastropoda ....

, the top snails.

Distribution

This species in this genus are distributed through all seas, except on the coast of the American continent.

Description

The central tooth and the lateral teeth of the radula
Radula
The radula is an anatomical structure that is used by molluscs for feeding, sometimes compared rather inaccurately to a tongue. It is a minutely toothed, chitinous ribbon, which is typically used for scraping or cutting food before the food enters the esophagus...

 have well-developed denticulate cusps.The outer lateral teeth are wider.

Species

Species within the genus Gibbula include.
  • Gibbula adansonii
    Gibbula adansonii
    Gibbula adansonii is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails....

    Payraudeau, 1826
  • Gibbula adriatica
    Gibbula adriatica
    Gibbula adriatica is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails....

    Philippi, 1844
  • Gibbula albida
    Gibbula albida
    Gibbula cineraria is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Trochidae, the top snails....

    Gmelin, 1791
  • Gibbula ardens
    Gibbula ardens
    Gibbula ardens is a species of small sea snail, known as top snails or top shells, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Trochidae, the top snails....

    Von Salis, 179)
  • Gibbula aurantia
  • Gibbula beckeri
    Gibbula beckeri
    Gibbula beckeri is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails....

    G.B. Sowerby III, 1901
  • Gibbula benziKrauss
  • Gibbula buchi Harzhauser and Kowalke, 2002 (Dubois, 1831)
  • Gibbula canaliculata
  • Gibbula candei
    Gibbula candei
    Gibbula candei is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.-Description:The size of an adult shell varies between 10 mm and 20 mm. The conoidal shell is olive-yellowish with purplish spots on the top. The shell is elevated and longitudinally...

    d'Orbigny, 1844
  • Gibbula capensis
    Gibbula capensis
    Gibbula capensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails....

    Gmelin, 1791
  • Gibbula cicer
    Gibbula cicer
    Gibbula cicer is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.-Description:The size of an adult shell varies between 5 mm and 8 mm. The solid, globose-conical shell is perforate or subperforate. It is longitudinally crossed by reddish or dark brown...

    (Menke, 1844)
  • Gibbula cineraria
    Gibbula cineraria
    Gibbula cineraria is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Trochidae, the top snails....

    Linnaeus, 1758
  • Gibbula clandestina
    Gibbula clandestina
    Gibbula clandestina is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails....

    Rolán & Templado, 2001
  • Gibbula corallioides
    Gibbula corallioides
    Gibbula corallioides is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails....

    Locard, 1898
  • Gibbula corallinoides
  • Gibbula dalli Ihering, 1897
  • Gibbula danieli Crosse, 1862
  • Gibbula delgadensis
    Gibbula delgadensis
    Gibbula delgadensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails....

    Nordsieck, 1982
  • Gibbula deversa
    Gibbula deversa
    Gibbula deversa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails....

    Milaschewitsch, 1916
  • Gibbula divaricata
    Gibbula divaricata
    Gibbula divaricata is a species of small sea snail, known as top snails or top shells, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Trochidae, the top snails. It is found in the Mediterranean Sea....

    Linnaeus, 1758
  • Gibbula drepanensis
    Gibbula drepanensis
    Gibbula drepanensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails....

    Brugnone, 1873
  • Gibbula eikoae
    Gibbula eikoae
    Gibbula eikoae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails....

    Tagaro & Dekker, 2006
  • Gibbula fanulum
    Gibbula fanulum
    Gibbula fanulum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails....

    Gmelin, 1791
  • Gibbula fulgens
  • Gibbula gorgonarum
    Gibbula gorgonarum
    Gibbula gorgonarum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails....

    P. Fisher, 1883
  • Gibbula guishanensis
    Gibbula guishanensis
    Gibbula guishanensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails....

    Wen-Der Chen & I-Feng Fu, 2008
  • Gibbula guttadauri
    Gibbula guttadauri
    Gibbula guttadauri is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails....

    Philippi, 1836
  • Gibbula houarti
    Gibbula houarti
    Gibbula houarti is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails....

    Poppe, Tagaro & Dekker, 2006
  • Gibbula insessa
  • Gibbula joubini Dautzenberg, 1910
  • Gibbula leucophaea
    Gibbula leucophaea
    Gibbula leucophaea is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails....

    (Philippi, 1836)
  • Gibbula maccullochi Hedley, 1907
  • Gibbula magus
    Gibbula magus
    Gibbula magus is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Trochidae, the top snails....

    (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Gibbula massieri Rolán & Zettler, 2010
  • Gibbula multicolor
    Gibbula multicolor
    Gibbula multicolor, common name the multicoloured topshell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails....

    (Krauss, 1848)
  • Gibbula nivosa
    Gibbula nivosa
    Gibbula nivosa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails....

    A. Adams, 1851
  • Gibbula pennanti
    Gibbula pennanti
    Gibbula pennanti is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Trochidae, the top snails....

    (Philippi, 1846)
  • Gibbula phasianella
    Gibbula phasianella
    Gibbula phasianella is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails....

    Deshayes, 1863
  • Gibbula philberti
    Gibbula philberti
    Gibbula philberti is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails....

    (Récluz, C., 1843)
  • Gibbula podolica Harzhauser and Kowalke, 2002 (Dubois, 1831)
  • Gibbula racketti
    Gibbula racketti
    Gibbula racketti is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails....

    Payraudeau, 1826
  • Gibbula rarilineata
    Gibbula rarilineata
    Gibbula rarilineata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.-Distribution:Gibbula rarilineata is found in relatively warm European waters off the coast of Spain, Greece, and Portugal....

    Michaud, 1829
  • Gibbula richardi
  • Gibbula sari
  • Gibbula sementis
    Gibbula sementis
    Gibbula sementis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails....

    Rolán & Templado, 2001
  • Gibbula senegalensis
    Gibbula senegalensis
    Gibbula senegalensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails....

    Menke, 1853
  • Gibbula sepulchralis
    Gibbula sepulchralis
    Gibbula sepulchralis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails....

  • Gibbula spratti
    Gibbula spratti
    Gibbula spratti is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails....

    (Forbes, 1844)
  • Gibbula spurca
    Gibbula spurca
    Gibbula spurca is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.-Description:The size of an adult shell varies between 8 mm and 12 mm. The small, solid shell is globose-conical, sculptured with fine, shallow, revolving alternate grooves and elevations...

    Gould, 1856
  • Gibbula stoliczkana
  • Gibbula taiwanensis
    Gibbula taiwanensis
    Gibbula taiwanensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails....

    Chen, 2006
  • Gibbula tantilla
    Gibbula tantilla
    Gibbula tantilla is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails....

    Monterosato, 1890
  • Gibbula tingitana
    Gibbula tingitana
    Gibbula tingitana is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails....

    Pallary, 1901
  • Gibbula townsendi
    Gibbula townsendi
    Gibbula townsendi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails....

    G.B. Sowerby III, 1859
  • Gibbula tumida
    Gibbula tumida
    Gibbula tumida is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails....

    (Montagu, 1803)
  • Gibbula turbinoides
    Gibbula turbinoides
    Gibbula turbinoides is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails....

    Deshayes, 1835
  • Gibbula umbilicalis
    Gibbula umbilicalis
    Gibbula umbilicalis, common name the flat top shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.-Description:The size of an adult shell varies between 10 mm and 22 mm.-Distribution:...

    (da Costa, 1778), common on the western coast of the U.K. and Ireland
    Ireland
    Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...

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  • Gibbula umbilicaris
    Gibbula umbilicaris
    Gibbula umbilicaris is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.-Description:The size of an adult shell varies between 10 mm and 25 mm. The conical shell is umbilicate. Its color is cinereous, reddish, or purplish-brown, obscurely clouded, dotted or...

    (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Gibbula varia
    Gibbula varia
    Gibbula varia is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.-Description:Photo of trochophore .-External links:* Samadi L. & Steiner G....

    (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Gibbula vanwalleghemi
    Gibbula vanwalleghemi
    Gibbula vanwalleghemi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails....

    Poppe, G.T., S. Tagaro & H. Dekker, 2006
  • Gibbula verdensis
    Gibbula verdensis
    Gibbula verdensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails....

    Rolán & Templado, 2001
  • Gibbula vimontiae
    Gibbula vimontiae
    Gibbula vimontiae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails....

    Monterosato, 1884
  • Gibbula zonata
    Gibbula zonata
    Gibbula zonata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails....

    (Woods, 1828)


Species brought into synonymy :
  • Gibbula declivis Forskål, 1775 : synonym of Rubritrochus declivis (Forskål, 1775)
  • Gibbula pantanellii Caramagna, 1888 : synonym of Monilea pantanellii
    Monilea pantanellii
    Monilea pantanellii is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails....

     (Caramagna, 1888)
  • Gibbula pulcherrima A. Adams, 1855 : synonym of Rubritrochus pulcherrimus (A. Adams, 1855)
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