Gemmula grandigyrata

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Gemmula grandigyrata
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Turridae
Genus: Gemmula
Species:
G. grandigyrata
Binomial name
Gemmula grandigyrata
Baoquan Li & Xinzheng Li, 2008 [1]

Gemmula grandigyrata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Turridae, the turrids. [2]

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Description

The length of the shell attains 8.2 mm.

Distribution

This species was found in the South China Seas. [3] The is distinguished from its close relatives (Gemmula) by having a larger and more spiral-lobed early shell ( protoconch ) with six whorls. [2]

References

  1. ↑ Baoquan Li & Xinzheng Li (2008). Zootaxa 1778 : 1–25. World Register of Marine Species.
  2. 1 2 Gemmula grandigyrata Baoquan Li & Xinzheng Li, 2008 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species .
  3. ↑ Liu, J.Y. (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. pp. 1–1267.


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