Gemmuloborsonia neocaledonica

Gemmuloborsonia neocaledonica is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turridae.[1][2]

Gemmuloborsonia neocaledonica
Shell of Gemmuloborsonia neocaledonica (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Turridae
Genus: Gemmuloborsonia
Species:
G. neocaledonica
Binomial name
Gemmuloborsonia neocaledonica
Sysoev & Bouchet, 1996

Description

The length of the shell attains 30.3 mm, its diameter 10.6 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs at depths up to 710 m off New Caledonia, the Loyalty Islands and the southern New Hebrides.

References

  1. Gemmuloborsonia neocaledonica Sysoev & Bouchet, 1996. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 August 2011.
  2. P. Bouchet; Yu. I. Kantor; A. Sysoev; N. Puillandre (2011). "A new operational classification of the Conoidea (Gastropoda)". Journal of Molluscan Studies. 77 (3): 273–308. doi:10.1093/mollus/eyr017.

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