''Gibberula nuryana'' is a species of

sea snail Sea snail is a common name for slow-moving marine gastropod molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguished from snails primarily by the ...

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gastropod The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda (). This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...

mollusk, in the family

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.MolluscaBase (2018). ''Gibberula nuryana'' Ortea & Moro, 2018. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1290848 on 2019-01-05Ortea J. & Moro L. (2018). Distribución y variabilidad de Gibberula secreta Monterosato, 1889 en las islas Canarias (Gastropoda: Cystiscidae) con la descripción de una nueva especie enmascarada con ella. Avicennia. 22: 19-28.

Distribution

This species occurs in Canaries.

References

nuryana Gastropods described in 2018 {{Cystiscidae-stub