Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Vetigastropoda > Superfamily Trochoidea > Family Trochidae > Subfamily Cantharidinae > Genus Gibbula

Gibbula nivosa A. Adams, 1853

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Gibbula*	Risso, 1826	accepted genus name
*Scrobiculinus*	Monterosato, 1889	synonym
*Steromphala*	Gray, 1847	synonym

Species group names

*Gibbula altimirai*	Nordsieck, 1982	synonym
*Gibbula rotella*	Monterosato, 1888	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

German: Kreiselschnecke sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Italian: trottola

Literature

original description	Adams A. (1853). Contributions towards a monograph of the Trochidæ, a family of gasteropodous Mollusca. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 19 (1851): 150-192.
basis of record	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
additional source	Evans J., Borg J.A. Schembri P.J. 2010. Rediscovery of live Gibbula nivosa (Gastropoda: Trochidae). Rapports de la Commission Internationale pour l'Exploration Scientifique de la Mer Méditerranée, Monaco, 39: 507.
additional source	Ghisotti F. (1976). Considerazioni su Gibbula nivosa A. Adams, 1851. Conchiglie, 12 (3-4): 79-88.
additional source	Evans J., Borg J.A. & Schembri P.J. 2011. Distribution, habitat preferences and behaviour of the critically endangered Maltese top-shell Gibbula nivosa (Gastropoda: Trochidae). Marine Biology, 158(3): 603-611

Genbank

Taxonomy

CLEMAM
WoRMS

External Links

GenBank (9 nucleotides; 9 proteins)
Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications)
Barcode of Life (9 barcodes)
GBIF

Citation

Gofas, S. (2014). Gibbula nivosa A. Adams, 1853. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:141791