{{Short description|Species of gastropod}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2021}} {{Speciesbox | taxon = Gibbula verdensis | image = | image_caption = | authority = Rolán & Templado, 2001 | synonyms_ref = | synonyms = | display_parents = 3 }}

'''''Gibbula verdensis''''' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.<ref name="WoRMS">{{WRMS species|224533|''Gibbula verdensis'' Rolán & Templado, 2001||1 May 2010}}</ref>

==Description== The Gibbula verdensis is a living organism, of the Animalia Kingdom. It belongs to the phylum Mollusca, class Gastropoda, subclass Vetigastropoda, order Trochida, family Trochidae, subfamily Cantharidinae and genus Gibbula.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Invert-E-Base Portal Taxonomy Explorer: Gibbula verdensis |url=https://www.invertebase.org/portal/taxa/taxonomy/taxonomydynamicdisplay.php?target=134213 |access-date=2022-08-30 |website=www.invertebase.org}}</ref> Dead Gibbula verdensis form shallow marine sediments.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Gibbula verdensis Rolán &amp; Templado 2001 - Encyclopedia of Life |url=https://eol.org/pages/3054687 |access-date=2022-08-30 |website=eol.org}}</ref> They have sexual reproduction.<ref name=":0" /> Their body symmetry is dextrally coiled. The shell reaches a height of 7&nbsp;mm. Their locomotion relies on mucus mediated gliding, which refers to muscular waves propelling an animal over a mucus layer overlaying the substrate; in which alternating regions of muscular contraction and expansion create traveling waves that shear the mucus, resulting in translation of the animal.<ref name=":0" /> The mineralized skeleton of the Gibbula verdensis contains calcium carbonate.<ref name=":0" /> Their trophic guild (which is a group of species that exploit the same food resources, and/or use the same feeding or foraging methods) is deposit feeder, which refers to an organism that eats particulate organic material in or on sediments,<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Gibbula verdensis Rolán & Templado, 2001 |url=https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php/images/favicon/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=224533#attributes |access-date=2022-08-30 |website=www.marinespecies.org}}</ref> and grazer, which refers to a consumer feeding on low growing organisms, eg: a herbivore that eats parts of low-growing grasses, forbs or algae.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Gibbula verdensis Rolán &amp; Templado 2001 data - Encyclopedia of Life |url=https://eol.org/pages/3054687/data |access-date=2022-08-30 |website=eol.org}}</ref><ref name=":1" /> {{Expand section|date=February 2014}}

==Distribution== This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off the Cape Verdes.<ref>{{Cite web |title=WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Gibbula verdensis Rolán & Templado, 2001 |url=https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php/images/favicon/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=224533#distributions |access-date=2022-08-30 |website=www.marinespecies.org}}</ref> Some of the places where it has been spotted are Cabo Verde, Santo Antâo, Tarrafal de Monte Trigo, and weeds on rocks.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Specimen {{!}} Gibbula verdensis Rolan & Templado, 2001 {{!}} ZMA.MOLL.73314 {{!}} BioPortal |url=https://bioportal.naturalis.nl/specimen/ZMA.MOLL.73314 |access-date=2022-08-30 |website=bioportal.naturalis.nl}}</ref> Their habitat is the marine benthic biome (benthic meaning 'bottom') encompasses the seafloor and includes such areas as shores, littoral or intertidal areas, marine coral reefs, and the deep seabed.<ref name=":0" />

==References== {{Reflist}} * Rolán E., 2005. ''Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda.''

==External links== * {{Gastropods.com|key=5|id=40685|title=''Gibbula verdensis''|access-date=16 January 2019}}

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Gibbula Verdensis}} verdensis Category:Gastropods described in 2001 Category:Gastropods of Cape Verde Category:Taxa named by Emilio Rolán

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