Gemmula damperierana
Gemmula damperierana is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turridae, the turrids.[1]
| Gemmula damperierana | |
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| Shell of Gemmula damperierana | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Turridae |
| Genus: | Gemmula |
| Species: | G. damperierana |
| Binomial name | |
| Gemmula damperierana Powell, 1964 | |
Description
The length of the shell varies between 14 mm and 35 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs off Western Australia, the Philippines and in the South China Sea.
References
- Gemmula damperierana Powell, 1964. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
- Powell, A.W.B. 1964. The Family Turridae in the Indo-Pacific. Part 1. The Subfamily Turrinae. Indo-Pacific Mollusca 1: 227-346
- Kosuge, S. (1988) Report on the family Turridae collected along the North-western Coast of Australia (Gastropoda) (3) (Plate 47; text-figs. 1-15). Bulletin of the Institute of Malacology Tokyo, 2 (7), 118–123.
- Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp.
- Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
- Li B. [Baoquan] & Li X. [Xinzheng]. (2008). Report on the turrid genera Gemmula, Lophiotoma and Ptychosyrinx (Gastropoda: Turridae: Turrinae) from the China seas. Zootaxa. 1778: 1-25.
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