Gibbula aurantia
Species of gastropod
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Gibbula aurantia is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.[1]
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| Gibbula aurantia | |
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| Shell of Gibbula aurantia (syntype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Trochida |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
| Family: | Trochidae |
| Genus: | Gibbula |
| Species: | G. aurantia |
| Binomial name | |
| Gibbula aurantia F. Nordsieck, 1975 | |
The name was introduced conditionally in Nordsieck & Talavera, 1979, but not available therefrom.[1]
Distribution
This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Lanzarote in the Canary Islands.
