Gemmula alwyni

Gemmula alwyni is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turridae, the turrids. [2]

Gemmula alwyni
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Turridae
Genus: Gemmula
Species:
G. alwyni
Binomial name
Gemmula alwyni
Kilburn, 2005[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Gemmula kieneri (non Doumet, 1840): Cernohorsky, 1987
  • Gemmula unedo (non Kiener, 1840): Medinskaya, 2002

Description

The length of the shell attains 81.8 mm, its diameter 29.7 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off KwaZulu-Natal, north to the Mozambique Channel, South Africa.

References
  1. Kilburn. 2005. African Invertebrates, 46 : 85–92. World Register of Marine Species.
  2. Gemmula alwyni Kilburn, 2005. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.


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