Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > Subclass Caenogastropoda > Order Neogastropoda > Superfamily Volutoidea > Family Cystiscidae > Subfamily Cystiscinae > Genus Gibberula

Gibberula miliaria (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Voluta Linnaeus, 1758

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Gibberula*	Swainson, 1840	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Marginella miliaris*	[sic]	orthographic variant
*Conus siculus*	Delle Chiaje, 1828	synonym
*Marginella miliaria*	(Linnaeus, 1758)	synonym
*Marginella miliaria var. majuscula*	Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1883	synonym
*Persicula miliaria*	(Linnaeus, 1758)	synonym
*Volvaria biplicata*	Risso, 1826	synonym
*Volvaria miliacea*	Lamarck, 1822	synonym
*Volvaria quadriplicata*	Risso, 1826	synonym
*Volvaria septemplicata*	Risso, 1826	synonym
*Volvaria sexplicata*	Risso, 1826	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: millet topsnail sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.

German: Hirsekorn-Kreiselschnecke

Literature

basis of record	Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213.
identification resource	Gofas S. (1990). Le genre Gibberula (Marginellidae) en Méditerranée. Lavori, Società Italiana di Malacologia 23: 113-139

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Gibberula miliaria (Linnaeus, 1758). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:139508