''Gemmula subfenestrata'' is a
species of
sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for slow-moving marine gastropod molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguished from snails primarily by the ...
, a marine
gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusk in the
family Turridae
Turridae is a taxonomic family name for a number of predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Conoidea. MolluscaBase (2018). Turridae H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 (1838). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Specie ...
, the turrids.
Distribution
This marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs off
Western Australia.
References
* Kosuge, S. 1990. ''Report on the family Turridae collected along the north-western coast of Australia''. Bulletin of the Institute of Malacology, Tokyo 2(9): 149-156, pls 54, 55
External links
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subfenestrata
Gastropods described in 1990
Gastropods of Australia
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