Unedogemmula

Unedogemmula is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Turridae, the turrids.[1]

Unedogemmula
Shell of Unedogemmula indica (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Turridae
Genus: Unedogemmula
MacNeil, 1961
Type species
Pleurotoma unedo
Kiener, 1839
Synonyms[1]
  • Gemmula (Unedogemmula) MacNeil, 1961
  • Lophioturris Powell, 1964

Distribution

Species in this genus occur in the Indo-West Pacific and off Australia.

Species

Species within the genus Unedogemmula include:

Synonyms
  • Unedogemmula binda (T.A. Garrard, 1961): synonym of Unedogemmula unedo (Kiener, 1839)
  • Unedogemmula elongata J.E. Gray & G.B. I Sowerby, 1839: synonym of Unedogemmula deshayesii (E. Doumet, 1840)
  • Unedogemmula trypanodes J.C. Melvill, 1904:synonym of Gemmula hastula (L.A. Reeve, 1843)

References

  • MacNeil F. S. (1961 ["1960"]) Tertiary and Quaternary Gastropoda of Okinawa. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 339: iv + 148 pp., 21 pls.
  • Powell AWB (1966), The Molluscan Families Speightiidae and Turridae; Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum n. 5
  • Bouchet P., Kantor Yu.I., Sysoev A. & Puillandre N. (2011) A new operational classification of the Conoidea. Journal of Molluscan Studies 77: 273-308.
  • Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp.


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