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Gemmula murrayi

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Gemmula murrayi
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. murrayi
Binomial name
Gemmula murrayi
Powell, 1964
Synonyms[1]

Gemmula (Gemmula) murrayi Powell, 1964

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

Description

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The length of the shell varies between 35 mm and 40 mm.

Distribution

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This marine species occurs in the Gulf of Oman and in the Persian Gulf; also in the Gulf of Carpentaria, Australia.

References

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  • Powell, A.W.B. 1964. The Family Turridae in the Indo-Pacific. Part 1. The Subfamily Turrinae. Indo-Pacific Mollusca 1: 227-346
  • Long, B. G., and I. R. Poiner. "Infaunal benthic community structure and function in the Gulf of Carpentaria, northern Australia." Marine and Freshwater Research 45.3 (1994): 293-316.
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  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1.