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Gibberula pignonae

species of molluscs

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 1, 2026
Entity authorityQ60395511 ↗
Source-derived summary

Gibberula pignonae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Cystiscidae. It is named after Brazilian writer Nélida Piñon.

Description

The length of the shell attains 1.8 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Guadeloupe.

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This entry incorporates text from “Gibberula pignonae” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.