Gemmula webberae
Gemmula webberae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turridae, the turrids.[1]
| Gemmula webberae | |
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| Shell of Gemmula webberae | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Turridae |
| Genus: | Gemmula |
| Species: | G. webberae |
| Binomial name | |
| Gemmula webberae Kilburn, 1975 | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Description
The length of the shell attains 55 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs off South Africa;off Madagascar and Zanzibar.
References
- Gemmula webberae Kilburn, 1975. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
- Kilburn R.N. (1975). Taxonomic notes on South African marine Mollusca (5): including descriptions of new taxa of Rissoidae, Cerithiidae, Tonnidae, Cassididae, Buccinidae, Fasciolariidae, Turbinellidae, Turridae, Architectonicidae, Epitoniidae, Limidae and Thraciidae. Annals of the Natal Museum 22(2):577-622, figs. 1-25
- Steyn, D.G & Lussi, M. (2005). Offshore Shells of Southern Africa: A pictorial guide to more than 750 Gastropods. Published by the authors. Pp. i–vi, 1–289.
- Kilburn, R.N. (1983) Turridae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of southern Africa and Mozambique. Part 1. Subfamily Turrinae. Annals of the Natal Museum, 25, 549–585
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