Gemmula hindsiana is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turridae, the turrids.[1]

Gemmula hindsiana
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Turridae
Genus: Gemmula
Species:
G. hindsiana
Binomial name
Gemmula hindsiana
Berry, 1958
Synonyms[1]
  • Gemmula gemmata (Hinds, 1843)
  • Pleurotoma gemmata Hinds, 1843 (invalid: junior homonym of Pleurotoma gemmata Conrad, 1835 [fossil]; Gemmula hindsiana is a replacement name)

Description

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The length of the shell attains 18 mm.

Distribution

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This marine species occurs from the Southwest Baja California, Mexico to Peru

References

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  • Berry, S. S. (1958). West American molluscan miscellany. II. Leaflets in Malacology, 1(16), 91-98.
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  • Hinds R. B. (1843). On new species of Pleurotoma, Clavatula, and Mangelia. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 11: 36-46
  • Gastropods.com: Gemmula hindsiana
  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1.