Gemmula diomedea

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Gemmula diomedea
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Shell of Gemmula diomedea (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
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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 diomedeaPowell, 1964
  • Gemmula (Gemmula) diomedeaPowell, 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]

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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.

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