Gemmula polita

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

Gemmula polita
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Turridae
Genus: Gemmula
Species:
G. polita
Binomial name
Gemmula polita
(P. Marshall, 1919)
Synonyms[1]

Turris politus P. Marshall, 1919

Description

Distribution

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

References

  1. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Gemmula polita (P. Marshall, 1919) †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=831497 on 2021-01-25
  • Marshall, P. (1919). Fauna of the Hampden beds and classification of the Oamaru system. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute. 51: 226–250.
  • 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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