Gibbula cineraria Linnaeus 1758 (top snail)

Gastropoda - Trochoidea - Trochidae

Alternative combination: Trochus cinerarius

Synonym: Trochus strigosus Gmelin 1791

Belongs to Gibbula according to G. T. Poppe and Y. Goto 1991

See also Callapez and Ferreira Soares 2000 and Hendy 2007

Sister taxa: Gibbula (Amonilea), Gibbula (Colliculus), Gibbula (Gibbula), Gibbula (Steromphala), Gibbula (Tumulus), Gibbula affinis, Gibbula buchi, Gibbula dalli, Gibbula danieli, Gibbula dertosulcata, Gibbula glandula, Gibbula maccullochi, Gibbula monterosatoi, Gibbula podolica, Gibbula zonata

Ecology: epifaunal grazer

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Morocco (1 collection), the Netherlands (5), Portugal (1)

• Pliocene of the United Kingdom (1)

Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence

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