Gibbula turbinoides is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.
Description The size of the shell varies between 4 mm and 10 mm. The globose shell was previously thought to be a smaller variety of Gibbula adansonii. It is rose-red, yellowish, or brown, with short white flammules below the sutures. The remainder of the shell minutely punctate with white.Tryon (1889), Manual of Conchology XI, Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia
Distribution This species occurs in the Mediterranean Sea and in the Atlantic Ocean off Portugal.
References
Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213
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