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Gemmula diomedea

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Gemmula diomedea
Shell of Gemmula diomedea (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. diomedea
Binomial name
Gemmula diomedea
Powell, 1964
Synonyms[1]
  • Gemmula congener diomedea Powell, 1964
  • Gemmula (Gemmula) diomedea Powell, 1964

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

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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

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The length of the shell varies between 15 mm and 90 mm.

Distribution

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This species occurs off the Philippines, in the Bismarck Sea and off Western Australia; also in the South China Sea.

References

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  • 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.
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