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Gemmula duplex

Gemmula duplex is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turridae, the turrids.

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Gemmula duplex
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Turridae
Genus: Gemmula
Species:
G. duplex
Binomial name
Gemmula duplex
(Suter, 1917)
Synonyms1

Turris duplex Suter, 1917 (original combination)

Gemmula duplex is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turridae, the turrids.1

Distribution

Fossils of this marine species have been found in New Zealand.

References

References

  1. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Gemmula duplex (Suter, 1917) †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=831489 on 2021-01-25
  • Suter, H. 1917. Descriptions of new Tertiary Mollusca occurring in New Zealand, accompanied by a few notes on necessary changes in nomenclature. New Zealand Geological Survey Paleontological Bulletin 5:vi + 93 pp., 13 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