Gemmula waihaoensis

Gemmula waihaoensis
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. waihaoensis
Binomial name
Gemmula waihaoensis
Finlay, 1924
Synonyms[1]

† Turris regius Suter, 1917

Gemmula waihaoensis 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 Tertiary strata in New Zealand.

References

  1. ^ a b MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Gemmula waihaoensis Finlay, 1924 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https
  • 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


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