Turricula gemmulaeformis

Turricula gemmulaeformis
Original drawing of a shell of Turricula gemmulaeformis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Mollusca
Class:Gastropoda
Clade:Caenogastropoda
Clade:Hypsogastropoda
Clade:Neogastropoda
Superfamily:Conoidea
Family:Clavatulidae
Genus:Turricula
Species: T. gemmulaeformis
Binomial name
Turricula gemmulaeformis
(Thiele, 1925)
Synonyms[1]

Surcula gemmulaeformis Thiele, 1925

Turricula gemmulaeformis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Clavatulidae.[1][2]

Description

The length of the shell attains 10 mm, its diameter 3.25 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Sumatra.

References

  1. 1 2 Turricula gemmulaeformis (Thiele, 1925).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 April 2010.
  2. P. Bouchet; Yu. I. Kantor; A. Sysoev & N. Puillandre (2011). "A new operational classification of the Conoidea (Gastropoda)". Journal of Molluscan Studies. 77 (3): 273–308. doi:10.1093/mollus/eyr017.
  • Thiele, Wissenschaft Ergebn. Deutsche Tiefsee-Exped. vol. 17, Castr. 2, p. 3.36, pi. 24, fig. 20.


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