Gemmula granosus

Gemmula granosus
Shell of Gemmula granosus (specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Turridae
Genus: Gemmula
Species:
G. granosus
Binomial name
Gemmula granosus
(Helbling, 1779)
Synonyms[1]
  • Gemmula (Gemmula) granosa (Helbling, 1779)
  • Murex granosus Helbling, 1779
  • Pleurotoma (Turris) granosa (Helbling, 1779)

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

Description

The length of the shell attains 27 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Western Pacific.

References

  1. ^ a b Gemmula granosus (Helbling, 1779). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1.


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