Gemmula alwyni

Gemmula alwyni
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. alwyni
Binomial name
Gemmula alwyni
Kilburn, 2005[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Gemmula kieneri (non Doumet, 1840): Cernohorsky, 1987
  • Gemmula unedo (non Kiener, 1840): Medinskaya, 2002

Gemmula alwyni is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turridae, the turrids. [2]

Description

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The length of the shell attains 81.8 mm, its diameter 29.7 mm.

Distribution

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This marine species occurs off KwaZulu-Natal, north to the Mozambique Channel, South Africa.

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