Kilburnigemmula

Kilburnigemmula
Shell of Kilburnigemmula gemmulina
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Turridae
Genus:	Kilburnigemmula Kantor, Bouchet, Fedosov, Puillandre & Zaharias, 2024
Type species
Kilburnigemmula papuensisKantor, Bouchet, Fedosov, Puillandre & Zaharias, 2024

Kilburnigemmula, common name the gem turrids, is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Turridae, the turrids. ^[1]

Etymology

The genus is named after Richard Kilburn (1942–2013), eminent South African malacologist and the author of numerous publications on Conoidea, and refers to the earlier conchological concept of Gemmula . ^[1]

Species

• Kilburnigemmula gemmulina (E. von Martens, 1902)
• Kilburnigemmula papuensis Kantor, Bouchet, Fedosov, Puillandre & Zaharias, 2024

References

1. Kilburnigemmula Kantor, Bouchet, Fedosov, Puillandre & Zaharias, 2024 . 29 July 2025. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species .

• Kantor, Y., Bouchet, P., Fedosov, A., Puillandre, N. & Zaharias, P. (2024). Generic revision of the Recent Turridae (Neogastropoda: Conoidea). Journal of Molluscan Studies. eyae032: 1-40.