Gemmula tuckeri

Gemmula tuckeri
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Turridae
Genus: Gemmula
Species:
G. tuckeri
Binomial name
Gemmula tuckeri
Tracey & Craig, 2019

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

Description

Distribution

Fossils of this marine species have been found in Eocene strata in Cotentin, France.

References

Notes
  1. ^ a b MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Gemmula tuckeri Tracey & Craig, 2019 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1343370 on 2021-01-25
Bibliography
  • Tracey S., Craig B. & Gain O. (2019). Turridae (Gastropoda, Conoidea) from the late Lutetian Eocene of the Cotentin, NW France: endemism through loss of planktotrophy?. Carnets de Voyages Paléontologiques dans le Bassin Anglo-Parisien. 5: 101-140


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