''Gibberula subbulbosa'', common name the toothed margin shell, 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 ...
, a
marine
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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 Cystiscidae
Cystiscidae is a taxonomic family of minute sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks.
Description
The shell is minute to large, either white, uniformly colored, or patterned; the surface is smooth, sculptured, or axially costate; ...
.
Distribution
This marine species is
endemic to Australia and occurs off
New South Wales,
Queensland,
South Australia,
Tasmania,
Victoria, and
Western Australia
References
* Tate, R. 1878. The Recent Marginellidae of South Australia. Transactions of the Philosophical Society of Adelaide 1877-78: 85-89
* Petterd, W. 1884. Description of new Tasmanian shells. Journal of Conchology 4: 135-145
* Cotton, B.C. 1944. Australian margin shells: Marginellidae. South Australian Naturalist 22(4): 9-16
* Laseron, C. 1957. A new classification of the Australian Marginellidae (Mollusca), with a review of species from the Solanderian and Dampierian Zoogeographical Provinces. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 8(3): 274–311, figs 1-84
* Wagner, R.J.L & Abbott, R.T. 1977. Standard Catalog of Shells. Greenville, Delaware : American Malacologists 3rd.
* Lipe, R. 1991. Marginellas. Florida : The Shell Store Vol. 1.
* Hewish, D.R. & Gowlett-Holmes, K.L. 1991. Mollusc type specimens in the South Australian Museum. 4. Gastropoda: Marginellidae. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 25(1): 57-70
* Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp.
External links
Beechey, D. 2004. Gibberula subbulbosa (Tate, 1878)
subbulbosa
Gastropods described in 1878
Gastropods of Australia
Cystiscidae
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