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Gibberula caelata

{{Short description|Species of gastropod}}

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| synonyms =*Marginella caelata Monterosato, 1877

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Gibberula caelata is a species of a marine gastropod in the family Cystiscidae. It is an infralittoral predator.

Description

Gibberula caelata can measure up to about {{cvt|5|mm}}. The shell is stocky and light yellowish-white.

Distribution

Gibberula caelata occurs in the Mediterranean Sea and immediately adjacent Atlantic Ocean to Algarve. Although there are reports of it from the Canary Islands, there are no recent confirmed records and the earlier reports all seem to be based on misidentifications.

References

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{{cite web |url=https://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:faunaeur.org:taxname:139504 |title=Gibberula caelata (Monterosato, 1877) |work=Fauna Europaea |year=2014 |access-date=24 January 2025 }}

{{cite web |title=Gibberula caelata |url= https://conchology.be/?t=263&family=CYSTISCIDAE%20PERSICULINAE&species=caelata&shellID=11767&fullspecies=Gibberula%20caelata |work=Hardy's Internet Guide to Marine Gastropods |publisher=conchology.be |access-date=24 January 2025 }}

{{cite web |url=http://www.idscaro.net/sci/04_med/class/fam3/species/gibberula_caelata1.htm |title=Gibberula caelata (Monterosato, 1877) |author=Joaquín Sorolla y Bastida |date=January 2025 |work=Mediterranean seashells |publisher= |access-date=24 January 2025}}

{{cite journal |last1=Ortea |first1=Jesús |last2=Moro |first2=Leopoldo |name-list-style=amp |title=Descripción de dos especies del género Gibberula Swainson, 1840 (Neogastropoda: Cystiscidae) de las islas Canarias, nombradas en honor de reinas del Carnaval 2017 |trans-title=Description of two new species of the genus Gibberula Swainson, 1840 (Neogastropoda: Cystiscidae) from the Canary islands, named in honor of Carnival Queens 2017 |journal=Vieraea |date=2017 |volume=45 |pages=41–52 |doi=10.31939/vieraea.2017.45.02 |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/320264475 |doi-access=free }}

{{cite WoRMS |title=Gibberula caelata (Monterosato, 1877) |year=2025 |id=139504 |db=MolluscaBase |access-date=24 January 2025}}

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caelata

Category:Molluscs of the Atlantic Ocean

Category:Molluscs of the Mediterranean Sea

Category:Gastropods described in 1877

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