Gemmaterebra is an extinct genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Terebridae, the auger snails.[1]
| Gemmaterebra | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Terebridae |
| Genus: | †Gemmaterebra Cotton, 1952 |
| Type species | |
| † Terebra catenifera Tate 1886 | |
| Species | |
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Species
editSpecies within the genus Gemmaterebra include:
- † Gemmaterebra bicorona (Hutton, 1885)
- † Gemmaterebra catenifera Tate 1886.
- † Gemmaterebra subcatenifera Tate 1889
Distribution
editThe species of this genus were found in Tertiary strata in Australia
References
edit- ^ a b MolluscaBase (2020). MolluscaBase. Gemmaterebra Cotton, 1952. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=828198 on 2020-01-30
External links
edit- Bernard C. Cotton, Australian Recent and Tertiary Mollusca (Terebridae, Rissonidae, Fascillariidae, Volutidae); Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia v. 75 (1952)
- Thomas A. Darragh, Catalogue of Australian Tertiary Mollusca (except chitons); Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria vol. 31 (1970)
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