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 Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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 edit

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

 
Shell of Gemmula gemmulina

Distribution edit

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

References edit

  • 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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