Gemmula murrayi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turridae, the turrids.[1]
| Gemmula murrayi | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Turridae |
| Genus: | Gemmula |
| Species: | G. murrayi
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| Binomial name | |
| Gemmula murrayi Powell, 1964
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Gemmula (Gemmula) murrayi Powell, 1964 | |
Description
editThe length of the shell varies between 35 mm and 40 mm.
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Distribution
editThis marine species occurs in the Gulf of Oman and in the Persian Gulf; also in the Gulf of Carpentaria, Australia.
References
edit- ^ a b Gemmula murrayi Powell, 1964. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
- 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.
External links
edit- Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1.
