Gemmula duplex

Gemmula duplex
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Turridae
Genus:	Gemmula
Species:	G. duplex
Binomial name
	Gemmula duplex; (Suter, 1917)
Synonyms
	† Turris duplexSuter, 1917 (original combination)

Last updated November 17, 2025

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

Distribution

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

References

1 2 MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Gemmula duplex (Suter, 1917) †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=831489 on 2021-01-25

Suter, H. 1917. Descriptions of new Tertiary Mollusca occurring in New Zealand, accompanied by a few notes on necessary changes in nomenclature. New Zealand Geological Survey Paleontological Bulletin 5:vi + 93 pp., 13 pls.
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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[WoRMS-1] 1 2 MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Gemmula duplex (Suter, 1917) †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=831489 on 2021-01-25

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