Gemmula waihaoensis
Appearance
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Turridae |
Genus: | Gemmula |
Species: | G. waihaoensis
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Binomial name | |
Gemmula waihaoensis Finlay, 1924
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Synonyms[1] | |
† Turris regius Suter, 1917 |
Gemmula waihaoensis is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turridae, the turrids.[1]
Description
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Distribution
[edit]Fossils of this marine species have been found in Tertiary strata in New Zealand.
References
[edit]- Suter, H. 1917. Descriptions of new Tertiary Mollusca occurring in New Zealand, accompanied by a few notes on necessary changes in nomenclature. New Zealand Geological Survey Paleontological Bulletin 5:vi + 93 pp., 13 pls.
- Maxwell, P.A. (2009). Cenozoic Mollusca. pp 232–254 in Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch