Interesting Facts
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Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Umbilicate Gibbula
Description
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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 -248 meters (-814 feet).[1]
Biome: Coastal.
Taxonomy
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- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Protostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Lophotrochozoa
()
- Superphylum:
Eutrochozoa
()
- Phylum:
Mollusca
()
- (C. Linnaeus, 1758) Cuvier, 1795
- Molluscs
- Class:
Gastropoda
()
- Cuvier, 1795
- Snails and Slugs
- Subclass:
Orthogastropoda
()
- Ponder & Lindberg, 1996
- Superorder:
Vetigastropoda
()
- Salvini-Plawen, 1980
- Order:
Archaeogastropoda
()
- Superfamily:
Trochoidea
()
- C.S. Rafinesque, 1815
- Family:
Trochidae
()
- C.S. Rafinesque, 1815
- Top Snails
- Subfamily:
Gibbulinae
()
- Genus:
Gibbula
()
- Risso, 1826
- Specific name:
umbilicalis
- Pesta, 1937
- Scientific name: - Gibbula umbilicalis Pesta, 1937
- Specific name:
umbilicalis
- Pesta, 1937
- Genus:
Gibbula
(
- Subfamily:
Gibbulinae
(
- Family:
Trochidae
(
- Superfamily:
Trochoidea
(
- Order:
Archaeogastropoda
(
- Superorder:
Vetigastropoda
(
- Subclass:
Orthogastropoda
(
- Class:
Gastropoda
(
- Phylum:
Mollusca
(
- Superphylum:
Eutrochozoa
(
- Infrakingdom:
Lophotrochozoa
(
- Branch:
Protostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Last scrutiny: 24-Jun-1996
Similar Species
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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
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- Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). London: BM(NH) url p. 112, p. 115, p. 121, p. 142, p. 264, p. 267, p. 5, p. 71.
- Current bibliography for aquatic sciences and fisheries. London, Taylor & Francis ltd. url p. 539.
- The Nautilus. Melbourne, Fla., etc., American Malacologists, inc., etc. url p. 12.
- The biology of senescence. New York, Rinehart, 1956. url p. 103.
Notes
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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 23, 2007:
- Academy of Natural Sciences, Academy of Natural Sciences Malacology Database
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, Taxonomic Information Sytem for the Belgian coastal area
- 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
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 499918
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-69984
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 5213960
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 69984
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 506177
Footnotes
- Standard Deviation = 1,148.710 based on 1,160 observations. Terrestrial altitude and ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
