Gemmula ambara

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

Gemmula ambara
Shell of Gemmula ambara (paratype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Turridae
Genus: Gemmula
Species:
G. ambara
Binomial name
Gemmula ambara
Olivera et al., 2008

Description

The length of the shell varies between 30 mm and 60 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Philippines; Guadalcanal; Chilwei Island, East China Sea.

References


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