Gibbula capensis
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| taxon = Gibbula capensis
| image = Gibbula capensis 001.jpg
| image_caption = Drawing with two views of a shell of Gibbula capensis
| authority = (Gmelin, 1791)
| synonyms =
- Clanculus capensis (Gmelin, 1791)
- Trochus capensis Gmelin, 1791
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Gibbula capensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.{{WRMS species|216305|Gibbula capensis (Gmelin, 1791)||1 May 2010}}
Description
The size of the shell varies between 10 mm and 14 mm. The narrowly umbilicated shell has a conoid-depressed shape with 5 whorls. The first whorl is roseate, eroded, the following convex above, depressed beneath, whitish or rosy, flammulated with brownish-violet radiating maculations, obliquely striate and spirally lirate. The lirae are flat, narrow and not granose. The body whorl is dilated, subangulate above, depresso-carinated at the periphery, convex beneath and ornamented with 9 concentric reddish lirae. The aperture is oblique and subquadrate. The lip is simple. The columella is arcuate, denticulate at base, slightly calloused above, almost covering the umbilicus.[https://archive.org/details/manualofconcholo111tryo Tryon (1889), Manual of Conchology XI, Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia]
Distribution
This marine species occurs off the Western Cape, and Saldanha Bay to Cape Agulhas, Rep. South Africa
References
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- Kilburn, R.N. & Rippey, E. (1982) Sea Shells of Southern Africa. Macmillan South Africa, Johannesburg, xi + 249 pp. page(s): 40
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