Gemmula lisajoni | |
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Shell of Gemmula lisajoni | |
Scientific 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
External links
- Gastropods.com: Gemmula (Gemmula) lisajoni
- Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1-1295.
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