Gemmula albina

Gemmula albina
	Shell of Gemmula albina (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Turridae
Genus:	Gemmula
Species:	G. albina
Binomial name
	Gemmula albina; (Lamarck, 1822)
Synonyms[1]
	Lophiotoma albina (Lamarck, 1822); Pleurotoma albina Lamarck, 1822 (original combination);

Gemmula albina is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turridae, the turrids.[1]

Description

The keel-rib is flattened, bearing a row of equidistant, somewhat quadrangular brown spots. The rest of the surface is very minutely and numerously punctate with brown.

The conspicuous painting on the slit-band, contrasted with the very minute sprinkling of brown dots elsewhere, is the distinguishing characteristic of this species. [2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Papua New Guinea.

References

MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Gemmula albina (Lamarck, 1822). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1005410 on 2021-01-16
G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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[WoRMS-1] MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Gemmula albina (Lamarck, 1822). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1005410 on 2021-01-16

[2] G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.