Gemmula cosmoi
{{Short description|Species of gastropod}}
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|taxon = Gemmula cosmoi
|image = Gemmula cosmoi (MNHN-IM-2013-46060).jpeg
|image_caption = Shell of Gemmula cosmoi (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
|authority = (Sykes, 1930)
| synonyms =
- Gemmula congener cosmoi (Sykes, 1930)
- Gemmula (Gemmula) cosmoi (Sykes, 1930)
- Turris cosmoi Sykes, 1930
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Gemmula cosmoi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turridae, the turrids.{{WRMS species|433842|Gemmula cosmoi (Sykes, 1930)}}
Description
The length of the shell varies between 45 mm and 60 mm.
An almost uncolored to slightly brown shell. It shows a row of tiny nodules on the keel of the whorls. The suture has a row of pointed nodules. [https://archive.org/details/catalogofrecentm00webb W. Webb, A catalog of recent Mollusca from all parts of the World]
Distribution
This marine species occurs from East Africa to Japan; in the East China Sea, South China Sea and Nansha Islands; off the Philippines.
References
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- Sykes, E. R. (1930). On a new species of Turris from Japan. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London. 19: 82
- Powell, A.W.B. 1964. The Family Turridae in the Indo-Pacific. Part 1. The Subfamily Turrinae. Indo-Pacific Mollusca 1: 227-346
- 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.
- 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.
External links
- {{cite journal|last1 = Tucker | first1 = J.K.|year = 2004 | title = Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)|url = http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2004f/z00682f.pdf|journal = Zootaxa|volume = 682|pages = 1–1295| doi = 10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1}}
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