species: Gibberulus gibberulus in taxonomy (Lizard Island Field Guide)
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Gibberulus gibberulus


©Barbara Banks: Gibberulus gibberulus at Lizard Island.

©Anne Hoggett: Gibberulus gibberulus at Big Vicki's Reef, Lizard Island, at night.

©Anne Hoggett: Gibberulus gibberulus at Big Vicki's Reef, Lizard Island, at night.

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Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Mollusca
Class Gastropoda
Order Littorinimorpha
Family Strombidae
Genus Gibberulus
Species Gibberulus gibberulus

Lizard Island Field Guide
Lizard Island area: all known taxa

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Distinguishing features

Distinguishing features still need to be specified.

Size

  • Up to 6 cm (length according to Wilson, 1993)

Synonyms

Distribution


©Atlas of Living Australia: Australian distribution

Web resources

References

References that assist with identification

  • Wilson, B. (1993). Australian Marine Shells: 1. Prosobranch gastropods Odyssey Publishing, Kallaroo, Western Australia.

Other references

  • Huelsken, T. (2008). Phylogenetic relationship and species identification within the Natcidae Guilding, 1834 (Gastropoda: Caenogastropoda), Ph.D. thesis, Ruhr-Universitaet Bochum. LIRS catalog number 1204.
  • Lefevre, S., S.-A. Watson, P.L. Munday.and G.E. Nilsson (2015). Will jumping snails prevail? Influence of near-future CO2, temperature and hypoxia on respiratory performance in the tropical conch Gibberulus gibberulus gibbosus, Journal of Experimental Biology, 218: 2991-3001. LIRS catalog number 1961.
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