Gemmula orba
Gemmula orba | |
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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. orba |
Binomial name | |
Gemmula orba Marwick, 1931 |
Gemmula orba is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turridae, the turrids.[1]
Description
[edit]![]() | This section is empty. You can help by adding to it. (January 2021) |
Distribution
[edit]Fossils of this marine species have been found in Tertiary strata in New Zealand.
References
[edit]- ^ a b MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Gemmula orba Marwick, 1931 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=831494 on 2021-01-25
- Marwick, J. (1931). The Tertiary Mollusca of the Gisborne District. New Zealand Geological Survey Paleontological Bulletin 13:1-177. 18: 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