Gemmula webberae

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

Gemmula webberae
Shell of Gemmula webberae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Turridae
Genus: Gemmula
Species:
G. webberae
Binomial name
Gemmula webberae
Kilburn, 1975
Synonyms[1]
  • Gemmula (Gemmula) webberae Kilburn, 1975
  • Gemmula congener webberae Kilburn, 1975 (original combination)

Description

The length of the shell attains 55 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off South Africa;off Madagascar and Zanzibar.

References

  • Kilburn R.N. (1975). Taxonomic notes on South African marine Mollusca (5): including descriptions of new taxa of Rissoidae, Cerithiidae, Tonnidae, Cassididae, Buccinidae, Fasciolariidae, Turbinellidae, Turridae, Architectonicidae, Epitoniidae, Limidae and Thraciidae. Annals of the Natal Museum 22(2):577-622, figs. 1-25
  • Steyn, D.G & Lussi, M. (2005). Offshore Shells of Southern Africa: A pictorial guide to more than 750 Gastropods. Published by the authors. Pp. i–vi, 1–289.
  • Kilburn, R.N. (1983) Turridae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of southern Africa and Mozambique. Part 1. Subfamily Turrinae. Annals of the Natal Museum, 25, 549–585


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