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Gibbose stromb
Gibberulus gibberulus
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 564627, checked 2026-10-31).
- English
- Gibbose stromb
- Scientific
- Gibberulus gibberulus
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Sea snails
- Family
- Strombidae (conchs)
- Maximum size
- Up to about 7 cm (shell length)
- Depth and habitat
- Reef-associated, recorded from 0 to 20 m
- IUCN status
- NE · Not EvaluatedNot Evaluated (NE)
Description
The gibbose stromb is a small conch with a lumpy, twisted-looking shell, usually white to pink with brown markings, and a violet opening. It lives on sand and seagrass in shallow water.
In the Maldives
Recorded from the Maldives: museum specimens (n=27); iNaturalist research-grade observations in the Maldives (n=10, 9 observers).
Sources
- sealifebase.se /summary/Gibberulus-gibberulus.html
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=564627
- inaturalist.org /taxa/884165
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Gibberulus_gibberulus_albus_01.JPG
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.