Gibbula divaricata
Encyclopedia
Gibbula divaricata is a species
of small sea snail
, known as top snails or top shells, marine
gastropod molluscs in the family Trochidae
, the top snails. It is found in the Mediterranean Sea
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The shell is 23 mm high and 19 mm wide, has the form of a cone and has six 6 whorls. The colour is green-yellow or yellow-green.
Species
In biology, a species is one of the basic units of biological classification and a taxonomic rank. A species is often defined as a group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring. While in many cases this definition is adequate, more precise or differing measures are...
of small sea snail
Snail
Snail is a common name applied to most of the members of the molluscan class Gastropoda that have coiled shells in the adult stage. When the word is used in its most general sense, it includes sea snails, land snails and freshwater snails. The word snail without any qualifier is however more often...
, known as top snails or top shells, marine
Marine (ocean)
Marine is an umbrella term. As an adjective it is usually applicable to things relating to the sea or ocean, such as marine biology, marine ecology and marine geology...
gastropod molluscs in the family Trochidae
Trochidae
The Trochidae, common name top snails, are a taxonomic family of very small to large sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Vetigastropoda ....
, the top snails. It is found in the Mediterranean Sea
Mediterranean Sea
The Mediterranean Sea is a sea connected to the Atlantic Ocean surrounded by the Mediterranean region and almost completely enclosed by land: on the north by Anatolia and Europe, on the south by North Africa, and on the east by the Levant...
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The shell is 23 mm high and 19 mm wide, has the form of a cone and has six 6 whorls. The colour is green-yellow or yellow-green.