Gemmula hindsiana

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

Gemmula hindsiana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Turridae
Genus: Gemmula
Species:
G. hindsiana
Binomial name
Gemmula hindsiana
Berry, 1958
Synonyms[1]
  • Gemmula gemmata (Hinds, 1843)
  • Pleurotoma gemmata Hinds, 1843 (invalid: junior homonym of Pleurotoma gemmata Conrad, 1835 [fossil]; Gemmula hindsiana is a replacement name)

Description

The length of the shell attains 18 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs from the Southwest Baja California, Mexico to Peru

References

  • Berry, S. S. (1958). West American molluscan miscellany. II. Leaflets in Malacology, 1(16), 91-98.


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