Gemmula amabilis
Gemmula amabilis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turridae, the turrids.[1]
| Gemmula amabilis | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Turridae |
| Genus: | Gemmula |
| Species: | G. amabilis |
| Binomial name | |
| Gemmula amabilis (Weinkauff, 1875) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Pleurotoma amabilis Weinkauff, 1875 (original combination) | |
Description
The length of the shell attains 40 mm.
The pale yellowish-brown, fusiform shell is rather solid. It is spirally girdled with sutures sculpted with incremental striae. The first cingulum (the spiral ornamentation) is distinctly nodose. The carina (the keel-like structure) is produced, covered with white nodules. The conical spire has an acute apex and shows eleven carinated whorls. The evanescent suture is oblique; the last one is convex. The siphonal canal is narrow and long. The aperture is pear-shaped. It is marginally and internally ribbed. The outer lip is produced below. [2]
Distribution
This species occurs in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden.