Gemmula lisajoni
Shell of Gemmula lisajoni
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. lisajoni
Binomial name
Gemmula lisajoni
Olivera, 1999
Synonyms[1]

Gemmula (Gemmula) lisajoni Olivera, 1999


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

Description

The length of the shell varies between 20 mm and 35 mm. It has a brown spire with a distinctive purplish-violet siphonal canal.

It is related to Gemmula ambara Olivera et al., 2008 and Gemmula rosario Shikama, 1977 [2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Philippines.

References

  • Olivera BM. The subfamily Turrinae in the Philippines: the genus Turris (Röding, 1798). Phil J Sci 1999; 128: 295-318


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