Gibbula

{{Short description|Genus of gastropods}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| fossil_range = {{fossil range|Late Cretaceous|Recent}}

| image = Gibbula divaricata.JPG

| image_caption = Five live individuals of Gibbula divaricata from the Mediterranean Sea

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| taxon = Gibbula

| authority = Risso, 1826Risso A. (1826). H.N. Europe 4: 134.

| type_species = Trochus magus

| type_species_authority = Linnaeus, C., 1758

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| synonyms =

  • Colliculus Monterosato, 1888
  • Forskalena Iredale, 1918
  • Forskalia H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854 (preoccupied by Forskalia Kölliker, 1853 (Hydrozoa))
  • Gibbula (Magulus) Monterosato, 1888
  • Gibbula (Moniliopsidea) Tomlin, 1930
  • Gibbula (Moniliopsis) Cossmann, 1918 (invalid: junior homonym of Moniliopsis Conrad, 1865; Amonilea and Moniliopsidea are replacement names)
  • Gibbula (Pseudodiloma) Cossmann, 1888 · accepted, alternate representation
  • Moniliopsidea Tomlin, 1930 (junior objective synonym of Amonilea Cossmann, 1920)
  • Trochus (Gibbula)

}}

Gibbula is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the subfamily Cantharidinae of the family Trochidae, the top snails.Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2011). Gibbula Risso, 1826. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138590 on 2011-04-02

Taxonomy

Affenzeller et al. (2017) have shown than several Mediterranean species hitherto assigned to Gibbula were forming a separate clade and should be assigned to the genus Steromphala. They included in the restricted Gibbula clade the species G. magus (type species), G. fanulum and G. ardens. However many other species were not taken into account in this paper and will remain listed in WoRMS under Gibbula until their phylogenetic position is assessed, but possibly do not belong to the restricted Gibbula clade.

Distribution

The species in this genus occur through all seas, except on the coast of the American continent.

Description

The cyrtoconoid (= approaching a conical shape but with convex sides) shell is usually perforate or umbilicate. The spire is moderately elevated. The whorls are often gibbous or tuberculose beneath the sutures, smooth or spirally ribbed. The last whorl is generally angular at the periphery. The aperture is subrhomboidal. The columella is oblique, dentate or subsinuous at the base. The outer lip is acute. The central tooth and the lateral teeth of the radula have well-developed denticulate cusps. The outer lateral teeth are wider.G.W. Tryon (1889) Manual of Conchology XI p. 12

Species

Species within the genus Gibbula include.[http://www.marlin.ac.uk/species/Gibbulaumbilicalis.htm MarLIN: The Marine Life Information Network for Britain & Ireland][http://www.gastropods.com/7/Shell_2197.html gastropods.com] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927020530/http://www.gastropods.com/7/Shell_2197.html |date=2007-09-27 }}{{Cite web |url=https://www.paleodb.org |title=The Paleobiology Database: Gibbula |access-date=2009-04-05 |archive-date=2012-07-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120722051528/http://paleodb.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl |url-status=live }}

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;Taxon inquirendum:

  • Gibbula incitabilis Locard, 1904
  • Gibbula sculpturata Locard, 1898

Species brought into synonymy

; Nomen dubium:

  • Gibbula rosea (Gmelin, 1791)

References

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  • [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/121915#page/9/mode/1up Risso, A. (1826). Histoire naturelle des principales productions de l'Europe Méridionale et particulièrement de celles des environs de Nice et des Alpes Maritimes. Paris: F.G. Levrault. Vol. 4: IV, 1-439, 12 pls.]
  • Tomlin, J.R. le B. (1930). Some preoccupied generic names.—II. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London. 19: 22–24.
  • Fischer-Piette E., Gaillard J.-M. & Kisch B.S. (1962). Les variations, du Nord au Sud, de Gibbula cineraria L. et ses rapports avec Calliostoma strigosum Gmel.. Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, nouvelle série, série A, Zoologie 28(1): 32 pp., 12 pl.
  • Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). {{ISBN|0-915826-22-4}}. XII, 195 pp.
  • [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16015363 Monterosato T. A. (di) (1889 (1 gennaio)). Coquilles marines marocaines. Journal de Conchyliologie 37(1): 20-40; 37(2): 112-121.]