Gemmula margaritata

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

Gemmula margaritata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Turridae
Genus: Gemmula
Species:
G. margaritata
Binomial name
Gemmula margaritata
(P. Marshall, 1919)
Synonyms[1]

Turris margaritatus P. Marshall, 1919

Distribution

Fossils of this marine species have been found in New Zealand.

References

  1. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Gemmula margaritata (P. Marshall, 1919) †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=831493 on 2021-01-25
  • Marshall, P. (1919). Fauna of the Hampden beds and classification of the Oamaru system. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute. 51: 226–250.
  • Maxwell, P.A. (2009). Cenozoic Mollusca. pp 232–254 in Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch


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