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Gemmuloborsonia moosai

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Gemmuloborsonia moosai
Shell of Gemmuloborsonia moosai (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Turridae
Genus: Gemmuloborsonia
Species:
G. moosai
Binomial name
Gemmuloborsonia moosai
Sysoev & Bouchet, 1996

Gemmuloborsonia moosai is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turridae.[1][2]

Description

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The length of the shell attains 32.6 mm, its diameter 9.8 mm. it is very similar to Gemmuloborsonia didyma

Distribution

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This species occurs in the Arafura Sea, Indonesia and the Mozambique Channel.

References

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  1. ^ a b Gemmuloborsonia moosai Sysoev & Bouchet, 1996. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 August 2011.
  2. ^ P. Bouchet; Yu. I. Kantor; A. Sysoev; N. Puillandre (2011). "A new operational classification of the Conoidea (Gastropoda)". Journal of Molluscan Studies. 77 (3): 273–308. doi:10.1093/mollus/eyr017.
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