Gemmula waihaoensis

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

Gemmula waihaoensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Turridae
Genus: Gemmula
Species:
G. waihaoensis
Binomial name
Gemmula waihaoensis
Finlay, 1924
Synonyms[1]

Turris regius Suter, 1917

Distribution

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

References

  1. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Gemmula waihaoensis Finlay, 1924 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https
  • Suter, H. 1917. Descriptions of new Tertiary Mollusca occurring in New Zealand, accompanied by a few notes on necessary changes in nomenclature. New Zealand Geological Survey Paleontological Bulletin 5:vi + 93 pp., 13 pls.
  • 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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