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

GibbulaRisso, 1826accepted 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

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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

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine

Importance

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2014-05-03 by Serge Gofas

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