Gemmula obesa

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

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

Distribution

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

References

  1. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Gemmula obesa Lozouet, 2017 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1056880 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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