Gibberula sassenae

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Gibberula sassenae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Cystiscidae. It is named after Dutch-American sociologist Saskia Sassen.MolluscaBase (2018). Gibberula sassenae Ortea, 2015. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=865621 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160421150435/http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=865621 |date=2016-04-21 }} on 2019-01-05{{cite journal| last=Ortea | first=J. | year=2015 | title=Descripción de 21 especies de Gibberula Swainson, 1840 (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Cystiscidae) en honor de 21 mujeres distinguidas con el Premio Príncipe de Asturias | journal= Rev. Acad. Canar. Cienc. | volume=27 | pages=137-187 | url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/293313877 | access-date=22 April 2021 | language=Spanish}}

Description

The length of the shell attains 2.39 mm.

Their functional type is benthos.

Their feeding type is predatory.{{Expand section|date=December 2020}}

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Guadeloupe.

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sassenae

Category:Gastropods described in 2015

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