Gemmula brevirostris

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

Gemmula brevirostris
Shell of Gemmula brevirostris (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Turridae
Genus: Gemmula
Species:
G. brevirostris
Binomial name
Gemmula brevirostris
Lozouet, 2017

Distribution

Fossils of this marine species have been found in Oligocene strata in Aquitaine, France.

References

  1. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Gemmula brevirostris Lozouet, 2017 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1056865 on 2021-01-25
  • Lozouet P. (2017). Les Conoidea de l'Oligocène supérieur (Chattien) du bassin de l'Adour (Sud-Ouest de la France). Cossmanniana. 19: 3–180.


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