Gibberula pignonae

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

Gibberula pignonae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Cystiscidae. It is named after Brazilian writer Nélida Piñon.

Description

The length of the shell attains 1.8 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Guadeloupe.

References

  1. 1 2 MolluscaBase (2018). Gibberula pignonae Ortea, 2015. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=865613 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.