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

Turris munizi Vera-Pelaez, Vega-Luz & Lozano-Francisco, 2000 (declared junior synonym of Gemmula lululimi by First Reviser's choice by Kilburn et al. (2012))

Gemmula lululimi 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 75 mm and 90.5 mm. The shell is characterised by its white body with continuous brown ridges, with a rather short siphonal canal and a strongly crenulated sinus cord.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Philippines; also off Papua New Guinea and southwest Japan.

References

  • Vera-Pelaez J.L., Vega-Luz R. & Lozano-Francisco M.C. (2000) Five new species of the genus Turris Roding, 1798 (Gastropoda; Turridae; Turrinae) of the Philippines and one new species of the Southern Indo-Pacific. Malakos [Revista de la Asociacion Malacologica Andaluza], Monografia 2: 1-29.



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