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Mcleanigemmula

Mcleanigemmula, common name the gem turrids, is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Turridae, the turrids.

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Mcleanigemmula
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Turridae
Genus: Mcleanigemmula
Kantor, Bouchet, Fedosov, Puillandre & Zaharias, 2024
Type species
Mcleanigemmula ioannisi Kantor, Bouchet, Fedosov, Puillandre & Zaharias, 2024

Mcleanigemmula, common name the gem turrids, is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Turridae, the turrids.1

Etymology

The genus is named after (Jim) Hamilton McLean (1936–2016), a prominent malacologist and author of a classification of the Turridae s.l.1

Species

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References

  • Kantor, Y., Bouchet, P., Fedosov, A., Puillandre, N. & Zaharias, P. (2024). Generic revision of the Recent Turridae (Neogastropoda: Conoidea). Journal of Molluscan Studies. eyae032: 1-40.