Taxon profile
species
Gibberula lavalleeana (d'Orbigny, 1842)
kingdom Animalia - animals » phylum Mollusca - mollusks » class Gastropoda - gastropods » order Neogastropoda » family Marginellidae - Margin Shells » genus Gibberula
ID: 94404
pID: 94399
Taxonomic rank: 150
Author of the record: Ondřej Zicha
Created: 2005-06-19 12:41:35 - User Ondřej Zicha
Last change: 2016-08-11 12:49:25 - User Delsing Jan
Data last updated: 2021-03-08 02:19:54
URL: https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id94404/
Text function: [[t:94404;<em>Gibberula lavalleeana</em>]]
[[t:94404;<em>Gibberula lavalleeana</em>]] (d'Orbigny, 1842)
Reference: <a href="https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id94404/"><em>Gibberula lavalleeana</em></a>
pID: 94399
Taxonomic rank: 150
Author of the record: Ondřej Zicha
Created: 2005-06-19 12:41:35 - User Ondřej Zicha
Last change: 2016-08-11 12:49:25 - User Delsing Jan
Data last updated: 2021-03-08 02:19:54
URL: https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id94404/
Text function: [[t:94404;<em>Gibberula lavalleeana</em>]]
[[t:94404;<em>Gibberula lavalleeana</em>]] (d'Orbigny, 1842)
Reference: <a href="https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id94404/"><em>Gibberula lavalleeana</em></a>
Images
Author: Tunnell et al.
Author: Kaicher Cards
Author: Daccarett, E.Y. & Bossio, V.S.
Taxon in country check-lists*
North America: Bermuda, Costa Rica, Panama, Puerto Rico, United States of America (Florida, Texas), South America: Caribbean, Colombia, Venezuela
* List of countries might not be complete
Description
Author: Jan Delsing
Text ID: 123059
Text Type: 1
Page: 0
Created: 2023-04-29 19:41:09 - User Delsing Jan
Language: EN
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Text ID: 123059
Text Type: 1
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Created: 2023-04-29 19:41:09 - User Delsing Jan
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Gibberula lavalleeana (d'Orbigny, 1842) Snowflake Marginella
Distribution: Texas, Florida; West Indies; Bermuda. Size: 4 mm .
Description: Color snow white, translucent in young fresh shells; shape ovate; sculpture smooth and glassy; suture visible through the upper portion of fresh shells; spire short, dome shaped; aperture narrow, long; outer lip flaring on lower 1/3 of shell; edge of outer lip thickened; inner portion of outer lip may or may not be denticulate; columella with well-developed plicae; siphonal notch present.
Habitat: Specimens have been located on muddy bottoms; however, specimens from Texas have come from the FGB, a calcareous environment. Found at depths from shoreline to 73 m (239 ft).
Remarks: See Lipka (1974); Ode (1986b); Coovert and Coovert (1995). Synonym: Marginella lavelleeana d'Orbigny, 1842.
Distribution: Texas, Florida; West Indies; Bermuda. Size: 4 mm .
Description: Color snow white, translucent in young fresh shells; shape ovate; sculpture smooth and glassy; suture visible through the upper portion of fresh shells; spire short, dome shaped; aperture narrow, long; outer lip flaring on lower 1/3 of shell; edge of outer lip thickened; inner portion of outer lip may or may not be denticulate; columella with well-developed plicae; siphonal notch present.
Habitat: Specimens have been located on muddy bottoms; however, specimens from Texas have come from the FGB, a calcareous environment. Found at depths from shoreline to 73 m (239 ft).
Remarks: See Lipka (1974); Ode (1986b); Coovert and Coovert (1995). Synonym: Marginella lavelleeana d'Orbigny, 1842.
Tunnell, J.W. , Andrews, J. , Barrera, N.C. & Moretzsohn, F., 2010. Encyclopedia of Texas seashells.
Author: Jan Delsing
Links and literature
Galli C.: WMSDB - Wolrdwide Mollusc Species Data Base July 10, 2013 [http://www.bagniliggia.it/WMSD/WMSDhome....] [as Gibberula lavalleeana D'Orbigny, 1842]Data retrieved on: 2 May 2017