Gibbula leucophaea
# Gibbula leucophaea

Gibbula leucophaea 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 5 mm and 7 mm. Compared with Gibbula adansonii, is the shell more solid, generally paler, and the base whitish. The spiral sculpture is stronger. The penultimate whorl has about 5 well-marked, separated spiral lirae. The body whorl is angulate at the periphery.

## Distribution

This species occurs in the Mediterranean Sea and in the Atlantic Ocean off the Azores.

