Gemmula diomedea
| Gemmula diomedea | |
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| Shell of Gemmula diomedea (specimen at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Turridae |
| Genus: | Gemmula |
| Species: | G. diomedea
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| Binomial name | |
| Gemmula diomedea Powell, 1964
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Gemmula diomedea, common name the albatross turrid, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turridae, the turrids.[1]
Taxonomy[edit]
According to Wilson, 1994 A.W.B. Powell, 1966 described it as a subspecies of Gemmula (Gemmula) congener diomedea but the two forms occur in the same areas and full species rank is accorded to Gemmula diomedea
Description[edit]
The length of the shell varies between 15 mm and 90 mm.
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Distribution[edit]
This species occurs off the Philippines, in the Bismarck Sea and off Western Australia; also in the South China Sea.
References[edit]
- ^ a b Gemmula diomedea Powell, 1964. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
- Abbott, R.T. & Dance S.P. (1982) Compendium of Seashells. E. P. Dutton Inc., New York, 411 pp
- Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp
- Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
- 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.
External links[edit]
- Powell, A.W.B. 1964. The Family Turridae in the Indo-Pacific. Part 1. The Subfamily Turrinae. Indo-Pacific Mollusca 1: 227-346
- Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1-1295.
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