Gibberula lessingae

Gibberula lessingae
Shell of Gibberula lessingae (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. lessingae
Binomial name
Gibberula lessingae
Ortea, 2015

Gibberula lessingae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Cystiscidae. It is named after Doris Lessing.

Description

The length of the shell attains 2.52 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Guadeloupe.

References

  1. 1 2 MolluscaBase (2018). Gibberula lessingae Ortea, 2015. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=865611 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. Revista de la Academia Canaria de Ciencias. 27: 137-187.