Gemmula diomedea Powell 1964

Gemmula diomedea, common name the albatross turrid, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turridae, the turrids.^[1]

Taxonomy

According to Wilson, 1994 A.W.B. Powell, 1966 described it as a subspecies of Gemmula (Gemmula) congener diomedea but the two forms occur in the same areas and full species rank is accorded to Gemmula diomedea

Description

The length of the shell varies between 15 mm and 90 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs off the Philippines, in the Bismarck Sea and off Western Australia; also in the South China Sea.

References

• Abbott, R.T. & Dance S.P. (1982) Compendium of Seashells. E. P. Dutton Inc., New York, 411 pp
• Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp
• Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
• Li B. [Baoquan] & Li X. [Xinzheng]. (2008). Report on the turrid genera Gemmula, Lophiotoma and Ptychosyrinx (Gastropoda: Turridae: Turrinae) from the China seas. Zootaxa. 1778: 1-25.