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

Gemmula lordhoweensis
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. lordhoweensis
Binomial name
Gemmula lordhoweensis
Kantor & Sysoev, 1991
Synonyms[1]
  • Gemmula (Ptychosyrinx) lordhoweensis Kantor & Sysoev, 1991
  • Ptychosyrinx lordhoweensis (Kantor & Sysoev, 1991)

Description edit

The length of the shell attains 21.5 mm, its diameter 7.5 mm.

Distribution edit

This bathyal species was found on the Lord Howe Rise.

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