Gibbula leucophaea

Gibbula leucophaea is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.^[1]

Gibbula leucophaea
Drawing of a shell of Gibbula leucophaea
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Vetigastropoda
Order:	Trochida
Superfamily:	Trochoidea
Family:	Trochidae
Genus:	Gibbula
Species:	G. leucophaea
Binomial name
Gibbula leucophaea (Philippi, 1836)
Synonyms
Gibbula adansonii var. adriatica (Philippi, 1836) Gibbula delicata Coen 1937 Trochus cinerascens Anton 1839 Trochus euxinicus Andrzeiewsky 1837 Trochus leucophaeus Philippi 1836 (original description)

Description

The size of the shell varies between 5 mm and 7 mm. Compared with Gibbula adansonii, is the shell more solid, generally paler, and the base whitish. The spiral sculpture is stronger. The penultimate whorl has about 5 well-marked, separated spiral lirae. The body whorl is angulate at the periphery.^[2]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Mediterranean Sea and in the Atlantic Ocean off the Azores.