Gibbula cineraria

• Interesting Facts
• Common Names
• Description
• Taxonomy
• Similar Species
• More Info
• Further Reading
• Notes

Interesting Facts

Common Names

Description

Family Trochidae

Operculum thin and horny , with numerous spiral lines .

Habitat

Typically found in the intertidal zone at the water's edge at a mean distance from sea level of -45 meters (-148 feet).[1]

Biome: Coastal.

Taxonomy

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Last scrutiny: 24-Jun-1996

Similar Species

Members of the genus Gibbula

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 3 species and subspecies in this genus:

G. cineraria (Ashen Gibbula) · G. magus (Magical Gibbula) · G. umbilicalis (Umbilicate Gibbula)

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Further Reading

• A guide to the natural history of the Isle of Wight: a series of contributions by specialists relating to the various branches of natural history and kindred subjects / edited by Frank Morey. Newport, Isle of Wight: The County Press, 1909. url p. 262.
• Annual report on the New York State Museum of Natural History. Albany, Regents of the University of the State of New York. url p. 45.
• Carotenoids, by Paul Karrer and Ernst Jucker. Translated and rev. by Ernest A. Braude. New York, Elsevier Pub. Co., 1950. url p. 368, p. 85.
• Carotenoids, their comparative biochemistry. New York, Chemical Pub. Co., 1954. url p. 182, p. 332.
• Catalogue of marine shells in Lorenzo G. Yates' collection, Santa Barbara, Cal. Santa Barbara, Cal., 1886. url p. 46.
• Catalogue of scientific papers (1800-1900) Comp. by the Royal society of London. Cambridge, C. J. Clay and sons, 1867-1902; url p. 823.
• Catalogue of scientific papers, 1800-1900. Compiled by the Royal Society of London. London, C.J. Clay and Sons, 1867-1902 [etc.] Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1914-25. url p. 823.
• Current bibliography for aquatic sciences and fisheries. London, Taylor & Francis ltd. url p. 300.
• Fauna, flora & geology of the Clyde area, ed. by G.F. Scott Elliot, Malcolm Laurie and J. Barclay Murdoch. Glasgow, Pub. by the local committee for the meeting of the British Association, 1901. url p. 198.
• Figures of molluscous animals, selected from various authors. Etched for the use of students by Maria Emma Gray. .. London, Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1859. url p. 89.
• General embryological information service. Utrecht, Hubrecht Laboratory. url p. 14, p. 15.
• Guide to the systematic distribution of Mollusca in the British museum. London, Printed by order of the trustees, 1857. url , .
• Hydrographical and biological investigations in Norwegian fiords. By O. Nordgaard. The protist plankton and the diatoms in bottom samples. By E. Jørgensen. With 21 plates and 10 figures in the text. Bergen, J. Grieg, 1905. url p. 179, p. 243.
• Jenaische Zeitschrift für Naturwissenschaft. Jena, Gustav Fischer [etc.]. url , , , p. 378, p. 380, p. 383, p. 384, p. 388, p. 390, p. 392, p. 396, p. 410, p. 429, p. 440, p. 445, p. 453, p. 468, p. 470, p. 471, p. 477, p. 486.
• Journal of conchology. London: D. Bogue. url p. 197, p. 302, p. 366, p. 50, p. 90.
• Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. Cambridge [etc.]Cambridge University Press [etc.] url p. 109, p. 269, p. 499.
• Journal of the Royal Microscopical Society. Oxford [etc.]Royal Microscopical Society. url p. 352, p. 469, p. 534.
• Joy of nature: how to observe and appreciate the great outdoors / [editor, Alma E. Guinness]. Pleasantville, N.Y.: Reader's Digest Association, c1977. url p. 344.
• Manual of conchology, structural and systematic: with illustrations of the species / by George W. Tryon, Jr. Philadelphia: Published by the Author, Academy of Natural Sciences, 1879-1898. url p. 208, p. 209, p. 209, p. 487, p. 487.
• Marine zoology. London, Archibald Constable & Company Limited1905? url p. 99.
• Notes on the natural history of East Finmark / by A.M. Norman. London: [s.n.], 1902-1905. url p. 474.
• Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy, 1841- url p. 13.
• Revue méthodique et critique des collections déposées dans cet établissement. Leyden, Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie. url p. 466.
• Sea and inland fisheries: report. DublinStationery Off. url p. 10, p. 214, p. 64, p. 67.
• Texas conchologist. [Houston, Houston Conchology Society], 1964- url p. 4.
• The Biological bulletin. Woods Hole, Mass.: Marine Biological Laboratory, url p. 210.
• The Glasgow naturalist. Glasgow, Andersonian Naturalists of Glasgow. url p. 115, p. 209.
• The Mollusca of Dorsetshire (marine, estuarine, freshwater, and land) and the Brachiopoda. Dorchester [Eng.]"Dorset County Chronicle" Print. Works, 1898. url , .
• The Mollusca of Dorsetshire: (marine, estuarine, freshwater, and land) and the Brachiopoda / By John Clavell Mansel-Pleydell. Dorchester: "Dorset county chronicle" printing works, 1898. url , p. 57.
• The Victoria history of the county of Suffolk / edited by William Page. Folkestone [Kent]: Dawson for the University of London, Institute of Historical Research, 1907-1975. url p. 93.
• The biology of marine animals. New York, Interscience Publishers[1960] url p. 5.
• The biology of the sea-shore, by F.W. Flattely. .. and C.L. Walton. .. with an introduction by J. Arthur Thomson. .. New York, The Macmillan Company[1922] url p. 330.
• The genera of recent Mollusca: arranged according to their organization. By Henry Adams...and Arthur Adams. LondonJ. Van Voorst, 1858. url p. 653.
• The life of the mollusca / London, Methuen & Co., 1913. url .
• The marine fishes and invertebrates of Loch Fyne. 2 Edinburgh, Fishery Board, 1897 url p. 122.
• The mollusca of Somerset; land, freshwater, estuarine and marine, by E.W. Swanton. Taunton, Somersetshire Archaeological and Natural History Society, 1912 [i.e. 1911-12] url .
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Notes

Contributors

• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 17, 2012.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 18, 2007:

• Academy of Natural Sciences, Academy of Natural Sciences Malacology Database
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, A comparison of benthic biodiversity in the North Sea, English Channel and Celtic Seas
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, Taxonomic Information Sytem for the Belgian coastal area
• The Danish Biodiversity Information Facility, Marine Benthic Fauna List, Læsø, Denmark
• The Swedish Museum of Natural History
• , Bugs
• The Swedish Museum of Natural History
• , Invertebrates
• UK National Biodiversity Network, Conchological Society of Great Britain & Ireland - Mollusc
• data for Great Britain and Ireland
• UK National Biodiversity Network, Marine Biological Association - Marine Life Survey Data
• collated by MarLIN
• UK National Biodiversity Network, Marine Biological Association - Marine survey data
• held by MarLIN.
• University of Navarra, Museum of Zoology, Museum of Zoology, University of Navarra

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 499916
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-69982
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 5213960
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 69982
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 506175

Footnotes

1. Standard Deviation = 669.720 based on 4,616 observations. Terrestrial altitude and ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]

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