Gemmula lisajoni
Gemmula lisajoni is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turridae, the turrids.[1]
| Gemmula lisajoni | |
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| Shell of Gemmula lisajoni | |
Scientific classification  | |
| 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] | |
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Gemmula (Gemmula) lisajoni Olivera, 1999 | |
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 <ref> Olivera, Baldomero M., David R. Hillyard, and Maren Watkins. "A new species of Gemmula, Weinkauff 1875; Evidence of two clades of Philippine species in the genus Gemmula." Philipp Sci Lett 11 (2008): 11-15.
Distribution
This marine species occurs off the Philippines.
References
- Gemmula lisajoni Olivera, 1999. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
- 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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