Gemmula albina

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|taxon = Gemmula albina

|image = Gemmula albina (MNHN-IM-2013-18130).jpeg

|image_caption = Shell of Gemmula albina (specimen at MNHN, Paris)

|authority = (Lamarck, 1822)

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|synonyms =

  • Lophiotoma albina (Lamarck, 1822)
  • Pleurotoma albina Lamarck, 1822 (original combination)

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Gemmula albina is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turridae, the turrids.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Gemmula albina (Lamarck, 1822). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1005410 on 2021-01-16

Description

The keel-rib is flattened, bearing a row of equidistant, somewhat quadrangular brown spots. The rest of the surface is very minutely and numerously punctate with brown.

The conspicuous painting on the slit-band, contrasted with the very minute sprinkling of brown dots elsewhere, is the distinguishing characteristic of this species.[https://archive.org/details/manualconch06tryorich G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences] {{PD-notice}}

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Papua New Guinea.

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