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

Unedogemmula ina
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Turridae
Genus: Unedogemmula
Species:
U. ina
Binomial name
Unedogemmula ina
McNeil, 1961

Taxonomy

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The species was transferred to Unedogemmula by Powell (1964). Later it was found alive and transferred to Lophiotoma by Li & Li (2008) who synonymized Unedogemmula with Lophiotoma.[1]

Description

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The length of the shell attains 40.2 mm.

Distribution

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Fossils of this marine species were found in Miocene strata in Okinawa.

References

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  1. ^ a b c MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Unedogemmula ina McNeil, 1961. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1565966 on 2023-01-07
  • 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.
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  • MacNeil, F.S. (1961). "Tertiary and Quaternary Gastropoda of Okinawa" (PDF). U. S. Geological Survey Professional Paper. (339): 1–148. Retrieved 27 June 2024.   This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  • Powell, A.W.B. (1964). The family Turridae in the Indo-Pacific. Part 1. The subfamily Turrinae. Indo-Pacific Mollusca. 1 (5): 227-346; 1 (7): 409-454