Gemmula gemmulina

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

Gemmula gemmulina
Shell of Gemmula gemmulina
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Turridae
Genus: Gemmula
Species:
G. gemmulina
Binomial name
Gemmula gemmulina
(Martens, 1902)
Synonyms[1]
  • Gemmula (Gemmula) gemmulina (Martens, 1902à
  • Pleurotoma gemmulina Martens, 1902

Description

The length of the shell varies between 11.1 mm and 24.8 mm.

Shell of Gemmula gemmulina

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Western Sumatra, Indonesia; off the Philippines and in the South China Sea.

References

  • Powell, A.W.B. (1964) The family Turridae in the Indo-Pacific. Part 1. The subfamily Turrinae. Indo-Pacific Mollusca, 1, 227–346
  • 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.
  • Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.


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