Gemmula lordhoweensis
Gemmula lordhoweensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turridae, the turrids.[1]
| Gemmula lordhoweensis | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Turridae |
| Genus: | Gemmula |
| Species: | G. lordhoweensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Gemmula lordhoweensis Kantor & Sysoev, 1991 | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Description
The length of the shell attains 21.5 mm, its diameter 7.5 mm.
Distribution
This bathyal species was found on the Lord Howe Rise.
References
- Gemmula lordhoweensis Kantor & Sysoev, 1991. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
External links
- Kantor & Sysoev, Sexual dimorphism in the apertural notch of a new species of Gemmula_(Gastropoda Turridae); Journal of Molluscan Studies 57(2) 1991
- Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1-1295.
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