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Gemmula albina

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Gemmula albina
Shell of Gemmula albina (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Turridae
Genus: Gemmula
Species:
G. albina
Binomial name
Gemmula albina
(Lamarck, 1822)
Synonyms[1]
  • Lophiotoma albina (Lamarck, 1822)
  • Pleurotoma albina Lamarck, 1822 (original combination)

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

Description

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The keel-rib is flattened, bearing a row of equidistant, somewhat quadrangular brown spots. The rest of the surface is very minutely and numerously punctate with brown.

The conspicuous painting on the slit-band, contrasted with the very minute sprinkling of brown dots elsewhere, is the distinguishing characteristic of this species.[2]

Distribution

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This marine species occurs off Papua New Guinea.

References

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  1. ^ a b MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Gemmula albina (Lamarck, 1822). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1005410 on 2021-01-16
  2. ^ G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
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