Gemmula kieneri

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Gemmula kieneri
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Turridae
Genus: Gemmula
Species:
G. kieneri
Binomial name
Gemmula kieneri
(Doumet, 1840)
Synonyms [1]
  • Gemmula (Gemmula) kieneri(Doumet), Kilburn, 1983
  • Gemmula kieneri(Doumet, 1840)
  • Pleurotoma carinataReeve, 1843 (not Bivona, 1838)
  • Pleurotoma kieneriDoumet, 1840

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

Contents

Its mineralized tissue is made up of calcium carbonate. One may find it in a water depth of 50m (min) to 346m (max). [2]

Subspecies

Description

The length of this robust, fusiform shell varies between 26.2 mm and 73 mm.

AWB Powell (1964) pointed out that this species is very similar to Gemmula speciosa (Reeve, 1842)

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Papua New Guinea, in the East China Sea and South China Sea, Nansha Islands; off Japan and the Philippines; off Queensland, Australia.

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