Unedogemmula ina

Unedogemmula ina is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turridae, the turrids.[1]

Unedogemmula ina
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Turridae
Genus: Unedogemmula
Species:
U. ina
Binomial name
Unedogemmula ina
McNeil, 1961

Taxonomy

The species was transferred to Unedogemmula by Powell (1964). Later it was found alive and transferred to Lophiotoma by Li & Li (2008) who synonymized Unedogemmula with Lophiotoma.[1]

Description

The length of the shell attains 40.2 mm.

Distribution

Fossils of this marine species were found in Miocene strata in Okinawa.

References

  1. MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Unedogemmula ina McNeil, 1961. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1565966 on 2023-01-07
  • 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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