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Gemmula sibukoensis

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Gemmula sibukoensis
Shell of Gemmula sibukoensis (holotype at the Smithsonian Institution)
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. sibukoensis
Binomial name
Gemmula sibukoensis
Powell, 1964
Synonyms[1]

Gemmula (Gemmula) sibukoensis Powell, 1964

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

Description

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The length of the shell attains 47 mm.

Distribution

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This marine species occurs off the Philippines and Sabah at a depth of 475 m.

References

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  • Powell, A.W.B. 1964. The Family Turridae in the Indo-Pacific. Part 1. The Subfamily Turrinae. Indo-Pacific Mollusca 1: 227-346
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  • Alexander. Mollusca Gastropoda: new deep-water turrid gastropods (Conoidea) from eastern Indonesia. Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, 1997
  • Gastropods.com: Gemmula (Gemmula) sibukoensis
  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1.