Gemmula hombroni

Gemmula hombroni
	Shell of Gemmula hombroni (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Turridae
Genus:	Gemmula
Species:	G. hombroni
Binomial name
	Gemmula hombroni; Hedley, 1922
Synonyms
	Pleurotoma (Gemmula) padangensisThiele, 1925; Pleurotoma (Gemmula) fuscaHombron & Jacquinot, 1853; Pleurotoma fuscaHombron & Jacquinot, 1848 (invalid: junior homonym of Pleurotoma fuscaC.B. Adams, 1845; Gemmula hombroni is a replacement name);

Last updated March 04, 2021

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

Description

The length of the shell varies between 16 mm and 25 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Indo-west Pacific, from Andaman Islands to Japan; also off Australia (Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia)

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References

1 2 MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Gemmula hombroni Hedley, 1922. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=818889 on 2021-01-22

Hombron, J.B. & Jacquinot, C.H. (eds) 1853. Voyage au Pole Sud et dans l'Océanie sur les corvettes l'Astrolabe et la Zélée exécuté par ordre du Roi pendant les années 1837-1840, sous le commandement de M.J. Dumont-d'Urville Capitaine de Vaisseau. Zoologie. Paris : Gide & Baudry Vol. 3 166 pp.
Schepman, M.M. 1913. Toxoglossa. pp. 384–396 in Weber, M. & de Beaufort, L.F. (eds). The Prosobranchia, Pulmonata and Opisthobranchia Tectibranchiata, Tribe Bullomorpha, of the Siboga Expedition. Monograph 49. Siboga Expeditie 32(2)
Thiele J. (1925). Gastropoden der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition. II Teil. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition auf dem Dampfer "Valdivia" 1898-1899. 17(2): 35-382, pls 13-46
Powell, A.W.B. 1964. The Family Turridae in the Indo-Pacific. Part 1. The Subfamily Turrinae. Indo-Pacific Mollusca 1: 227-346
Powell, A.W.B. 1966. The molluscan families Speightiidae and Turridae, an evaluation of the valid taxa, both Recent and fossil, with list of characteristic species. Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum. Auckland, New Zealand 5: 1–184, pls 1–23
Powell, A.W.B. 1967. The family Turridae in the Indo-Pacific. Part 1a. The Turrinae concluded. Indo-Pacific Mollusca 1(7): 409-443, pls 298-317
Shuto, T. 1969. Neogene gastropods from Panay Island, the Philippines. Memoires of the Faculty of Science, Kyushu University 19(1): 1-250

External links

Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1-1295.

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[WoRMS-1] 1 2 MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Gemmula hombroni Hedley, 1922. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=818889 on 2021-01-22

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Gemmula hombroni

Shell of Gemmula hombroni (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Turridae
Genus:	Gemmula
Species:	G. hombroni
Binomial name
*Gemmula hombroni* Hedley, 1922
Synonyms ^[1]
Pleurotoma (Gemmula) padangensisThiele, 1925 Pleurotoma (Gemmula) fuscaHombron & Jacquinot, 1853 Pleurotoma fuscaHombron & Jacquinot, 1848 (invalid: junior homonym of Pleurotoma fuscaC.B. Adams, 1845; Gemmula hombroni is a replacement name)