Oliveragemmula murrayi

Oliveragemmula murrayi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Turridae
Genus:	Oliveragemmula
Species:	O. murrayi
Binomial name
Oliveragemmula murrayi (A.W.B. Powell, 1964)
Synonyms [1]
Gemmula (Gemmula) murrayiPowell, 1964 Gemmula murrayiA. W. B. Powell, 1964 superseded combination

Oliveragemmula murrayi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turridae, the turrids. ^[1] It was originally named Gemmula murrayi and discovered by A. W. B. Powell in 1964 ^[2] but renamed to O. murrayi in 2024 to match recent data on the species. ^[3]

Description

According to the information provided by A. W. B. Powell, the length of the adult O. murrayi shell varies between 35 mm and 40 mm in height. The shell is described as having an "elongate-fusiform, with a tall spire and long straight canal". The color is described as a pale creamy in the buff, with the sinus rib and all major spirals lined in light-brown. However, the main spiral of the subsutural fold is darker brown than any of the other spirals. ^[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Gulf of Oman and in the Persian Gulf; also in the Gulf of Carpentaria, Australia.

References

1. Oliveragemmula murrayi Powell, 1964 . 22 July 2025. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species .
2. Powell, A. W. B. (1964). "The family Turridae in the Indo-Pacific. Part 1. The subfamily Turrinae". Indo-Pacific mollusca. 1. Delaware Museum of Natural History: 227–346.
3. 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.

• Long, B. G., and I. R. Poiner. "Infaunal benthic community structure and function in the Gulf of Carpentaria, northern Australia." Marine and Freshwater Research 45.3 (1994): 293-316.
• 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.

External links

• Powell, A.W.B. 1964. The Family Turridae in the Indo-Pacific. Part 1. The Subfamily Turrinae. Indo-Pacific Mollusca 1: 227-346
• Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1.