Gemmula sibukoensis

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

Gemmula sibukoensis
Shell of Gemmula sibukoensis (holotype at the Smithsonian Institution)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Turridae
Genus: Gemmula
Species:
G. sibukoensis
Binomial name
Gemmula sibukoensis
Powell, 1964
Synonyms[1]

Gemmula (Gemmula) sibukoensis Powell, 1964

Description

The length of the shell attains 47 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Philippines and Sabah at a depth of 475 m.

References

  • Powell, A.W.B. 1964. The Family Turridae in the Indo-Pacific. Part 1. The Subfamily Turrinae. Indo-Pacific Mollusca 1: 227-346


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