Endemic
Il-Ġibbula ta' Malta
Maltese Top-shell · Steromphala nivosa
A tiny grey sea snail with a shell 6 to 9 mm long, known as the Maltese top shell and found in the Mediterranean off Malta.
The Maltese top shell is a small sea snail, a marine gastropod of the top-snail family. Its shell is 6 to 9 mm long, grey with almost round spots and a rounded base.
It occurs in the Mediterranean Sea off Malta. It used to be named Gibbula nivosa.
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