Gemmula sikatunai

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

Gemmula sikatunai
Shell of Gemmula sikatunai
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Turridae
Genus: Gemmula
Species:
G. sikatunai
Binomial name
Gemmula sikatunai
Olivera, 2004

Description

The length of the shell varies between 40 m and 80 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Philippines; also in the Caribbean Sea.

References

  • Olivera B.M. (2005). Evaluation of Philippine Gemmula I. Forms related to G. speciosa and G. kieneri. Science Dilliman. 17(1): 1-14.


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