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

Gemmula rarimaculata
Shell of Gemmula rarimaculata (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
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. rarimaculata
Binomial name
Gemmula rarimaculata
Kuroda, Habe & Oyama, 1971
Synonyms[1]

Gemmula (Gemmula) rarimaculata Kuroda and Oyama, 1971

Description

edit

The length of the shell varies between 17 mm and 27 mm.

Distribution

edit

This species occurs in the Indian Ocean; in the Solomon Sea; off Japan; in the South China Sea; off the Fiji Islands, Queensland, Western Australia and the Philippines.

References

edit
  • Kuroda, T.; Habe, T.; Oyama, K. (1971). The sea shells of Sagami Bay. Maruzen Co., Tokyo. xix, 1-741 (Japanese text), 1-489 (English text), 1-51 (Index), pls 1-121
  • Okutani, T. 2000. Marine mollusks in Japan. Tokyo : Tokai University Press 1173 pp.
  • Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp
  • 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.
  • 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.
edit