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Gymnobela felderi

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Gymnobela felderi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Raphitomidae
Genus: Gymnobela
Species:
G. felderi
Binomial name
Gymnobela felderi
Garcia, 2005[1]

Gymnobela felderi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.[2]

Description

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The rather solid shell is in form and general appearance like Bela. The spire is generally rather short. The body whorl is swollen. The whorls are often shouldered. The sculpture is rather strong. The protoconch has a fine-cancellated sculpture. The subsutural band is not strongly marked. The posterior notch of the lip is shallow and usually not very distinct. The operculum is absent.

Fossils have been found in the Pliocene strata of Panama and the Quaternary strata of Costa Rica (age range: 3.6 to 0.781 Ma).

Distribution

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G. felderi can be found in the Gulf of Mexico, off the coast of Louisiana.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Garcia. 2005. Novapex 6(4) : 79–87. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 29 March 2010.
  2. ^ a b Gymnobela felderi Garcia, 2005. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 29 March 2010.
  3. ^ Tunnell, John W., Jr., Felder, Darryl L., & Earle, Sylvia A., eds. Gulf of Mexico Origin, Waters, and Biota, Volume 1: Biodiversity. Texas A&M University Press, 2009. 668.
  • Bouchet, P.; Fontaine, B. (2009). List of new marine species described between 2002-2006. Census of Marine Life.
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