However many other species were not taken into account in this paper and will remain listed in WoRMS under Gibbula until their phylogenetic position is assessed, but possibly do not belong to the restricted Gibbula clade.

[2] The species in this genus occur through all seas, except on the coast of the American continent.

The cyrtoconoid (= approaching a conical shape but with convex sides) shell is usually perforate or umbilicate.

The whorls are often gibbous or tuberculose beneath the sutures, smooth or spirally ribbed.

The central tooth and the lateral teeth of the radula have well-developed denticulate cusps.