Turricula gemmulaeformis

Turricula gemmulaeformis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Clavatulidae.[1][2]

Turricula gemmulaeformis
Original drawing of a shell of Turricula gemmulaeformis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Clavatulidae
Genus: Turricula
Species:
T. gemmulaeformis
Binomial name
Turricula gemmulaeformis
(Thiele, 1925)
Synonyms[1]

Surcula gemmulaeformis Thiele, 1925

Description

The length of the shell attains 10 mm, its diameter 3.25 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Sumatra.

References

  1. Turricula gemmulaeformis (Thiele, 1925). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 April 2010.
  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.
  • Thiele, Wissenschaft Ergebn. Deutsche Tiefsee-Exped. vol. 17, Castr. 2, p. 3.36, pi. 24, fig. 20.


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