Gemmula rarimaculata

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|taxon = Gemmula rarimaculata

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

|authority = Kuroda, Habe & Oyama, 1971

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|synonyms = Gemmula (Gemmula) rarimaculata Kuroda and Oyama, 1971

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Gemmula rarimaculata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turridae, the turrids.{{WRMS species|433863|Gemmula rarimaculata Kuroda, Habe & Oyama, 1971}}

Description

The length of the shell varies between 17 mm and 27 mm.

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Distribution

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

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  • 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.