Gibberula hendricksae

Gibberula hendricksae
Shell of Gibberula hendricksae (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Cystiscidae
Subfamily: Cystiscinae
Genus: Gibberula
Species:
G. hendricksae
Binomial name
Gibberula hendricksae
Ortea, 2015

Gibberula hendricksae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Cystiscidae. It is named after American opera singer Barbara Hendricks.

Description

The length of the shell attains 2.6 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs off Guadeloupe.

References

  1. 1 2 MolluscaBase (2018). Gibberula hendricksae Ortea, 2015. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=865610 on 2019-01-05
  2. ↑ Ortea, J. (2015). "Descripción de 21 especies de Gibberula Swainson, 1840 (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Cystiscidae) en honor de 21 mujeres distinguidas con el Premio Príncipe de Asturias". Rev. Acad. Canar. Cienc. (in Spanish). 27: 137–187. Retrieved 22 April 2021.