Gemmula orba

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

Gemmula orba
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Turridae
Genus: Gemmula
Species:
G. orba
Binomial name
Gemmula orba
Marwick, 1931

Distribution

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

References

  1. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Gemmula orba Marwick, 1931 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=831494 on 2021-01-25
  • Marwick, J. (1931). The Tertiary Mollusca of the Gisborne District. New Zealand Geological Survey Paleontological Bulletin 13:1-177. 18: 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
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