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Gibbula is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Trochidae, the top snails.

From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gibbula, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	2293024	https://www.gbif.org/species/2293024
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	8828	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=8828

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Trochida : Trochidae : Gibbula

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Trochidae : Gibbula

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca	Linnaeus 1758
class	Gastropoda	Cuvier 1797
subclass	Orthogastropoda	Ponder and Lindberg 1997
superorder	Vetigastropoda	Salvini-Plawen 1980
superfamily	Trochoidea
family	Trochidae	Rafinesque 1815
subfamily	Canthardinae	Gray 1857
genus	Gibbula	Risso 1826

Scientific Name

Gibbula Risso, 1826

Name Published In

Risso, A. (1826-1827). Histoire naturelle des principales productions de l'Europe Méridionale et particulièrement de celles des environs de Nice et des Alpes Maritimes. Paris, Levrault:. . 3(XVI): 1-480, 14 pls.

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Gibbula	subgenus	belongs to Trochus	stated with evidence	Seguenza, 1885
Gibbula	genus	belongs to Gibbulinae	stated with evidence	Gardner, 1948
Gibbula	genus	belongs to Trochidae	stated with evidence	Ladd, 1966
Gibbula	genus	belongs to Trochidae	stated without evidence	Addicott, 1970
Gibbula	genus	belongs to Trochidae	stated with evidence	Frassinetti and Covacevich, 1999
Gibbula	genus	belongs to Archaeogastropoda	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Gibbula	genus	belongs to Trochidae	stated with evidence	Harzhauser and Kowalke, 2002
Gibbula	genus	belongs to Trochidae	stated without evidence	Vera-Peláez et al., 2004
Gibbula	genus	belongs to Trochinae	stated with evidence	Bouchet et al., 2005
Gibbula	genus	belongs to Canthardinae	stated with evidence	Herbert, 2015

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

9 (38%)

First Recorded Appearance

101 - 94 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous

Motility

actively mobile (based on Trochidae)

Vision

limited (based on Gastropoda)

Diet

grazer (based on Trochidae)

Taphonomy

aragonite (based on Gastropoda)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560

Common Name(s)

Pärlemorsnäcka

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gibbula

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Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Gibbula (Amonilea) ✝ subgenus	listed (PBDB)
Gibbula (Colliculus) subgenus	listed (PBDB)		21	70.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	0 Ma Extant
Gibbula (Gibbula) subgenus	listed (PBDB)		5	47.8 Ma Eocene	0 Ma Extant
Gibbula (Steromphala) subgenus	listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Gibbula (Tumulus) subgenus	listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Gibbula affinis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		5	33.9 Ma Oligocene	13.7 Ma Miocene
Gibbula aheni species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Gibbula albida species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Gibbula americana species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Gibbula anodosula species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Gibbula apenninica species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Gibbula aquitanica species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Gibbula ardens species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Gibbula aurantia species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Gibbula baileyi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Gibbula beckeri species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Gibbula benzi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Gibbula bigoti species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Gibbula boettgeri species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Gibbula bourdoti species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Gibbula brebioni species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Gibbula buchi ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		9	13.7 Ma Miocene	12.7 Ma Miocene
Gibbula candei species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Gibbula canfieldi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Gibbula capensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Gibbula cicer species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Gibbula cineraria species	listed (PBDB)		8	3.60 Ma Pliocene	0 Ma Extant
Gibbula cineroides species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Gibbula clanculiforma species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Gibbula clandestina species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Gibbula coeni species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Gibbula conicomagus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Gibbula corallioides species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Gibbula courjaulti species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Gibbula dabat species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Gibbula dacostana species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Gibbula dalli ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	55.8 Ma Eocene	23.0 Ma Miocene
Gibbula danieli species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Gibbula degrangei species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Gibbula delgadensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Gibbula denizi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Gibbula derjugini species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Gibbula deversa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Gibbula drepanensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Gibbula eichwaldi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Gibbula eikoae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Gibbula engebiensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Gibbula erythraensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Gibbula euomphala species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Gibbula fanulum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Gibbula filiformis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Gibbula funiculata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Gibbula glandula ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		2	59.2 Ma Paleocene	59.2 Ma Paleocene
Gibbula glyphidospira species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Gibbula guishanensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Gibbula guttadauri species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Gibbula guttadauroi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Gibbula harrisi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Gibbula hera species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Gibbula hisseyiana species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Gibbula houarti species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Gibbula incarnata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Gibbula joubini species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Gibbula kahtanenesis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Gibbula lacunata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Gibbula lepida species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Gibbula leucophaea species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Gibbula leucosticta species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Gibbula leupoldi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Gibbula loculosa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Gibbula lucosmia species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Eurytrochus maccullochi species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Gibbula magus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Gibbula marianae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Gibbula massieri species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Gibbula megamagus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Gibbula micromphalus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Gibbula milleti species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Gibbula mindorensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Gibbula mirabilis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Gibbula monodonta species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Gibbula multicolor species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Gibbula murchlandi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Gibbula musiola species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Gibbula njalindungensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Gibbula parcipicta species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Gibbula parnensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Gibbula patula species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Gibbula philberti species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Gibbula podolica ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	12.7 Ma Miocene	12.7 Ma Miocene
Gibbula porcellana species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Gibbula provosti species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Gibbula pseudangulata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Gibbula pulchra species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Gibbula racketti species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Gibbula saeniensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Gibbula sculpturata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Gibbula sementis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Gibbula senegalensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Gibbula spratti species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Gibbula spurca species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Gibbula stoliczkana species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Gibbula succincta species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Gibbula tantilla species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Gibbula tenuilirata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Gibbula tindayaensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Gibbula tingitana species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Gibbula tryoni species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Gibbula tumida species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Gibbula turbinoides species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Gibbula undosa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Gibbula vanwalleghemi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Gibbula verae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Gibbula verdensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Gibbula vimontiae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Gibbula zonata species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	3.60 Ma Pliocene	0 Ma Extant
Monodonta glandula species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Trochus buchi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Trochus podolicus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Forscalia Paetel, 1888	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Trochida : Trochidae : *Forscalia*
Gibula Tenison-Woods, 1877	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Trochida : Trochidae : *Gibula*
Stomatulus Nordsieck, 1982	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Trochida : Trochidae : *Stomatulus*
Tumidulus Nordsieck, 1982	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Trochida : Trochidae : *Tumidulus*
Robus	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Trochida : Trochidae : *Robus*
Steromphalus Mörch, 1852	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Trochida : Trochidae : *Steromphalus*
Robur Kolesnikov, 1939	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Trochida : Trochidae : *Robur*
Spratticulus Nordsieck, 1982	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Trochida : Trochidae : *Spratticulus*
Gibblula Takatsuki, 1927	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Trochida : Trochidae : *Gibblula*
Forskahlia Smith, 1879	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Trochida : Trochidae : *Forskahlia*
Spurculus Nordsieck, 1982	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Trochida : Trochidae : *Spurculus*
Umbiculus Nordsieck, 1982	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Trochida : Trochidae : *Umbiculus*
Forskalena Iredale, 1918	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Trochida : Trochidae : *Forskalena*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1826	Gibbula Risso
1885	Trochus (Gibbula) Seguenza
1948	Gibbula Gardner p. 186
1966	Gibbula Ladd p. 36
1970	Gibbula Addicott p. 42
1986	Gibbula Kensley and Pether p. 158
1996	Gibbula Jensen p. 11

Year	Name and Author
1999	Gibbula Frassinetti and Covacevich p. 44
2002	Gibbula Harzhauser and Kowalke p. 62
2002	Gibbula Sepkoski, Jr.
2004	Gibbula Vera-Peláez et al. p. 257
2005	Gibbula Bouchet et al. p. 80
2015	Gibbula Herbert p. 51

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560

Gardner J. A. (1948) Mollusca from the Miocene and Lower Pliocene of Virginia and North Carolina: Part 2. Scaphopoda and Gastropoda, United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 199 B, 179-310

Ladd H. S. (1966) Chitons and Gastropods (Haliotidae through Adeorbidae) from Western Pacific Islands, United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 531, 1-98

Addicott W.O. (1970) Miocene Gastropods and Biostratigraphy of the Kern River Area, California, United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 642, 1-172

Kensley B., Pether J. (1986) Late Tertiary and Early Quaternary Fossil Mollusca for the Hondeklip Area, Cape Province, South Africa, Annals of the South African Museum 97 6, 141-225

Jensen P. (1996) , Common Seashells of Coastal Northern Queensland

Frassinetti D., Covacevich V. (1999) Invertibrados fósiles marinos de la Formación Guadal (Oligoceno superio-Mioceno inferior) en Pampa, Castillo region, región de Aisén, Chile, Servico Nacional de Geologia y Mineria Chile Boletin 51, 1-96

Harzhauser M., Kowalke T. (2002) Sarmatian (Late Middle Miocene) Gastropod Assemblages of the Central Paratethys, Facies 46, 57-82

Vera-Peláez J. L., Lozano-Francisco M. C., et al (2004) Molluscos del Tirreniense (Pleistoceno Superior) de la Playa la Araña-Cala de Moral (Málaga), Revista Española de Paleontología 19 2, 251-259

Bouchet P., Rocroi J.-P, et al (2005) A nomenclator and classification of gastropod family-group names, Malacologia 47 1-2, 1-368

Herbert D. G. (2015) An annotated catalogue and bibliography of the taxonomy, synonymy and distribution of the Recent Vetigastropoda of South Africa (Mollusca), Zootaxa 4049, 1-95 doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4049.1.1

Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213. - via World Register of Introduced Marine Species (WRiMS)

Herrmannsen, A. N. (1846-1852). Indicis Generum Malacozoorum primordia. Fischer, Cassel. Vol. 1: i-xxviii, 1-637 pp. [i-xxviii + 1-104: 1 Sep 1846; 105-232: 1 Dec 1846; 233-360: 1 Mar 1847; 361-488: 18 Apr 1847; 489-616: 25 May 1847; 617-637: 17 Jul 1847]; 2: 1-717, xxix-xlii pp. [1-104: 17 Jul 1847; 105-232: 8 Sep 1847; 233-352: 7 Dec 1847; 353-492: 18 Feb 1848; 493-612: Feb 1849; 613-717 + xxix-xliii: Mar 1849]; Supplementa et corrigenda: i-v, 1-140 pp. [Dec 1852]. - via World Register of Introduced Marine Species (WRiMS)

Affenzeller S., Haar N. & Steiner G. (2017). Revision of the genus complex Gibbula: an integrative approach to delineating the Eastern Mediterranean genera Gibbula Risso, 1826, Steromphala Gray, 1847, and Phorcus Risso, 1826 using DNA-barcoding and geometric morphometrics (Vetigastropoda, Trochoidea). Organisms Diversity & Evolution. 17(4): 789-812. - via World Register of Introduced Marine Species (WRiMS)

De Bruyne, R.H. (2004) - via Taxa Watermanagement the Netherlands (TWN)

De Bruyne, R.H. & De Boer, Th.W. (2008) - via Taxa Watermanagement the Netherlands (TWN)

Aphia2006 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

CoL2006 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363, 1-560. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

WoRMS (Mar 2013) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

SN2000/Boss, 1982 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

H. N. Europe, 4 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Karlsson, Anna (2004) Mollusker - via Dyntaxa. Svensk taxonomisk databas

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