Gibbula magus Giant Topshell, Magus Gibbula

Gibbula magusis commonly referred to as Giant Topshell, Magus Gibbula. Difficulty in the aquarium: Cold water animal. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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Giant Topshell - Gibbula magus,Devon 2022

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lexID:: 5811
AphiaID:: 141790

Scientific:: Gibbula magus
German:: Knorrige Kreiselschnecke, Zauberbuckelschnecke, Magus Gibbula
English:: Giant Topshell, Magus Gibbula

Category:: Snails

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Trochida (Order) > Trochidae (Family) > Gibbula (Genus) > magus (Species)
Initial determination:: (Linnaeus, ), 1758

Occurrence:: Straße von Gibralta, Albania, Azores, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, European Coasts, France, Greece, Ireland, Israel, Lebanon, Madeira, Marmara Sea ( Sea of Marmara), Montenegro, Morocco, Niue, Northeast Atlantic, Northern Africa, Portugal, Senegal, Spain, The Aegan Sea (Mediterranean), the British Isles, the Cape Verde Archipelago, the Mediterranean Sea, The Shetland Islands (Scotland), Turkey
Marine Zone:: Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic.
Sea depth:: 7 - 200 Meter
Habitats:: Gravel soil, Muddy Grounds, Seagrass meadows, Eelgrass Meadows, Seawater, Sea water, Stony Soils
Size:: 0.79" - 1.38" (2,0cm - 3.5cm)
Temperature:: 7,1 °F - 16,9 °F (7,1°C - 16,9°C)
Food:: Algae
Difficulty:: Cold water animal
Offspring:: None
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Gibbula adansonii
Gibbula adriatica
Gibbula albida
Gibbula ardens
Gibbula aurantia
Gibbula beckeri
Gibbula benzi
Gibbula candei
Gibbula capensis
Gibbula cicer
Gibbula cineraria
Gibbula clandestina
Gibbula corallioides
Gibbula delgadensis
Gibbula denizi
Gibbula deversa
Gibbula divaricata
Gibbula drepanensis
Gibbula eikoae
Gibbula fanulum
Tempelchen
Gibbula guishanensis
Gibbula guttadauri
Gibbula hisseyiana
Gibbula houarti
Gibbula joubini
Gibbula leucophaea
Gibbula loculosa
Gibbula magus
Knorrige Kreiselschnecke, Zauberbuckelschnecke, Magus Gibbula
Gibbula massieri
Gibbula multicolor
Gibbula nivosa
Gibbula pennanti
Gibbula philberti
Gibbula racketti
Gibbula rarilineata
Gibbula sementis
Gibbula senegalensis
Gibbula spratti
Gibbula spurca
Gibbula tantilla
Gibbula tenuilirata
Gibbula tingitana
Gibbula tryoni
Gibbula tumida
Gibbula turbinoides
Gibbula umbilicalis
Gibbula umbilicaris
Gibbula vanwalleghemi
Gibbula varia
Gibbula verdensis
Gibbula vimontiae
Gibbula zonata

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2013-07-28 16:21:20
Last edit:: 2024-04-01 17:36:23

Info

Gibbula magus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Gibbula magus is a harmless, little seasnail, that feed on algae in a depth range from 10 to 70 meters.

Distribution: From the British Isles in the north of Europe, in the Mediterranean and around the Azores.

The snail if found in seaweeds, under stones, on pepple and on muddy grounds.

The sanil is a host of the copepod Trochicola vermiformis.

Synonymised names:
Gibbula (Forskaliopsis) bellinii Coen, 1930 · unaccepted (dubious synonym)
Gibbula forskadauri F. Nordsieck, 1982 · unaccepted (synonym)
Gibbula maga (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted (specific name wrongly treated as...)
Gibbula protumida Locard, 1886 · unaccepted (synonym)
Gibbula vulcanica Coen, 1937 · unaccepted (synonym)
Trochus bicarinatus J. E. Gray, 1833 · unaccepted (invalid: junior homonym of...)
Trochus grayanus Philippi, 1846 · unaccepted (synonym)
Trochus magus Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted (original combination)
Trochus magus var. alba Jeffreys, 1865 · unaccepted (synonym)
Trochus magus var. dilatata Chiamenti, 1900 · unaccepted (synonym)
Trochus magus var. elata Sandri & Danilo, 1856 · unaccepted (synonym)
Trochus magus var. obsoleta Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1884 · unaccepted (synonym)
Trochus magus var. producta Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1884 · unaccepted (synonym)
Trochus tuberculatus da Costa, 1778 · unaccepted (synonym)

External links

Marine Species Identification Portal (en) (Archive.org). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
SeaLifeBase (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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Giant Topshell - Gibbula magus,Cornwall 2010

Giant Topshell - Gibbula magus, Devon 2018

Giant Topshell - Gibbula magus,Devon 2022

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