Gibbula zonata Top Snail

Gibbula zonata is commonly referred to as Top Snail. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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Gibbula zonata,photographers reef Simon's Town, Cape Town, 7975, South Africa 2025 (CC-BY-SA)

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lexID:: 17447
AphiaID:: 225130

Scientific:: Gibbula zonata
German:: Kreiselschnecke
English:: Top Snail

Category:: Escargots de mer

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Trochida (Order) > Trochidae (Family) > Gibbula (Genus) > zonata (Species)
Initial determination:: (W. Wood, ), 1828

Occurrence:: Namibia, South-Africa
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:: Meter
Habitats:: Intertidal zone, Tidal Zone, Seawater, Sea water
Size:: 0" - 0.39" (0,6cm - 1,0cm)
Temperature:: °F - 68 °F (°C - 20°C)
Food:: Algae (Algivore), Deposit feeder
Difficulty:: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully
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
Kreiselschnecke
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
Kreiselschnecke

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2025-05-17 17:29:59
Last edit:: 2025-05-17 17:37:36

Info

Gibbula zonata (W. Wood, 1828)

Gibbula zonata is a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.Intertidal and shallow subtidal species.

Synonymised names
Stomatella margaritana A. Adams, 1850 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Trochus (Gibbula) leaensis R. B. Watson, 1880 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Trochus cingulatus Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1816 · unaccepted (invalid: junior homonym of T....)
Trochus leaensis R. B. Watson, 1880 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Trochus menkeanus R. A. Philippi, 1844 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Trochus zonatus W. Wood, 1828 · unaccepted > superseded combination

Direct children (1)
Subspecies Gibbula zonata zonata (W. Wood, 1828)

External links

treatment.plazi.org (en). Abgerufen am 17.05.2025.
Wikipedia (en). Abgerufen am 17.05.2025.

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Gibbula zonata,castor rock Simon's Town, Cape Town, 7975, South Africa 2023 (CC-BY-SA)

Gibbula zonata,photographers reef Simon's Town, Cape Town, 7975, South Africa 2025 (CC-BY-SA)

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