Gemmula diomedea

Gemmula diomedea
	Shell of Gemmula diomedea (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
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 congener diomedea Powell, 1964; 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]

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

Gemmula diomedea Powell, 1964. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.

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.

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[WoRMS-1] Gemmula diomedea Powell, 1964. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.