Gemmula diomedea

Short description: Species of gastropod

Gemmula diomedea

Shell of Gemmula diomedea (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Mollusca
Class:  | Gastropoda
Subclass:  | Caenogastropoda
Order:  | Neogastropoda
Superfamily:  | Conoidea
Family:  | Turridae
Genus:  | Gemmula
Species:  |

G. diomedea

Binomial name
Gemmula diomedea

Powell, 1964

Synonyms[1]

Gemmula (Gemmula) diomedea Powell, 1964

Gemmula diomedea, common name the albatross turrid, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turridae, the turrids.[1]

## Contents

* 1 Taxonomy
* 2 Description
* 3 Distribution
* 4 References
* 5 External links

## Taxonomy

According to Wilson, 1994 A.W.B. Powell, 1966 described it as a subspecies of Gemmula (Gemmula) congener diomedea but the two forms occur in the same areas and full species rank is accorded to Gemmula diomedea

## Description

The length of the shell varies between 15 mm and 90 mm.

## Distribution

This species occurs off the Philippines , in the Bismarck Sea and off Western Australia; also in the South China Sea.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Gemmula diomedea Powell, 1964. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.

* Powell, A.W.B. 1964. The Family Turridae in the Indo-Pacific. Part 1. The Subfamily Turrinae. Indo-Pacific Mollusca 1: 227-346
* Abbott, R.T. & Dance S.P. (1982) Compendium of Seashells. E. P. Dutton Inc., New York, 411 pp
* Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp
* Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
* Li B. [Baoquan] & Li X. [Xinzheng]. (2008). Report on the turrid genera Gemmula, Lophiotoma and Ptychosyrinx (Gastropoda: Turridae: Turrinae) from the China seas. Zootaxa. 1778: 1-25.

## External links

* Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1-1295.

See also Wikidata entry Q3715041.

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