Gemmula rarimaculata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turridae, the turrids.[1]
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| Shell of Gemmula rarimaculata (specimen at MNHN, Paris) | |
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. rarimaculata
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| Binomial name | |
| Gemmula rarimaculata Kuroda, Habe & Oyama, 1971
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Gemmula (Gemmula) rarimaculata Kuroda and Oyama, 1971 | |
Description edit
The length of the shell varies between 17 mm and 27 mm.
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Distribution edit
This species occurs in the Indian Ocean; in the Solomon Sea; off Japan; in the South China Sea; off the Fiji Islands, Queensland, Western Australia and the Philippines.
References edit
- ^ a b Gemmula rarimaculata Kuroda, Habe & Oyama, 1971. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
- Kuroda, T.; Habe, T.; Oyama, K. (1971). The sea shells of Sagami Bay. Maruzen Co., Tokyo. xix, 1-741 (Japanese text), 1-489 (English text), 1-51 (Index), pls 1-121
- Okutani, T. 2000. Marine mollusks in Japan. Tokyo : Tokai University Press 1173 pp.
- Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp
- Steyn, D.G & Lussi, M. (2005). Offshore Shells of Southern Africa: A pictorial guide to more than 750 Gastropods. Published by the authors. Pp. i–vi, 1–289.
- 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.
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