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Marginella (Gibberula) lavalleeana (d’Orbigny, 1842)
Marginella lavelleeana d’Orbigny, 1842–1853:101; 1842, pl. 20: figs. 36–38 [as M. lavalleana; = Marginella minuta L. Pfeiffer, 1840, not of Gray, 1826].
Persicula (Gibberula) lavalleeana Orbigny.—Warmke and Abbott, 1961:128.
Gibberula philippii (Monterosato).—Nordsieck, 1968:153.
PREVIOUS ASCENSION RECORDS.—None.
PRESENT MATERIAL.—2 specimens (2 mm) ASC 13; 4 (2.1 mm) ASC 15; 1 (2.2 mm) ASC 19; 3 (2.3 mm) ASC 21, R. B. Manning, May 1971.
DISTRIBUTION.—Florida and the West Indies (Warmke and Abbott, 1961), Portugal, Spain, Mediterranean, Canary Islands, northwest Africa (NMNH records).
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The following four species of Marginellidae are cited by literature reference only as inhabitants of Ascension. No specimens have been available for examination by me.
- bibliographic citation
- Rosewater, Joseph. 1975. "An annotated list of the marine mollusks of Ascension Island, South Atlantic Ocean." Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 1-41. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.189
Gibberula lavalleeana: Brief Summary
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Gibberula lavalleeana is a species of very small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Cystiscidae.
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