''Gemmulimitra'' is a
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of
sea snail
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s,
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gastropod
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mollusk
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s in the
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Mitridae
Mitridae, known as mitre shells, are a taxonomic family of sea snails, widely distributed marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Mitroidea.MolluscaBase (2018). Mitridae Swainson, 1831. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http: ...
.
Species
Species within the genus ''Gemmulimitra'' include:
* ''
Gemmulimitra aliciae''
(Poppe, Tagaro & R. Salisbury, 2009)
* ''
Gemmulimitra apprimapex
''Gemmulimitra apprimapex'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Mitridae
Mitridae, known as mitre shells, are a taxonomic family of sea snails, widely distributed marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Mitroid ...
''
(Poppe, Tagaro & R. Salisbury, 2009)
* ''
Gemmulimitra avenacea''
(Reeve, 1845)
* ''
Gemmulimitra boucheti''
(Cernohorsky, 1988)
* ''
Gemmulimitra duplilirata
''Gemmulimitra duplilirata'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mitridae, the miters or miter snails.
Description
The length of the shell varies between 10 mm and 35 mm.
Distribution
This marine sp ...
''
(Reeve, 1845)
* ''
Gemmulimitra edgari''
(Poppe, Tagaro & R. Salisbury, 2009)
* ''
Gemmulimitra gemma
''Gemmulimitra'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Mitridae.
Species
Species within the genus ''Gemmulimitra'' include:
* '' Gemmulimitra aliciae'' (Poppe, Tagaro & R. Salisbury, 2009)
* ''Gemmulimitra apprimape ...
''
S.-I Huang & Q.-Y. Chuo, 2019
* ''
Gemmulimitra gonatophora''
(Sturany, 1903)
* ''
Gemmulimitra hansturneri''
(E. Guillot de Suduiraut & E. G. Guillot de Suduiraut, 2009)
* ''
Gemmulimitra margaritata''
(Poppe, Tagaro & R. Salisbury, 2009)
* ''
Gemmulimitra neocaledonica''
Fedosov, Herrmann, Kantor & Bouchet, 2018
* ''
Gemmulimitra picardali''
S.-I Huang & Q.-Y. Chuo, 2019
* ''
Gemmulimitra rubiginosa''
(Reeve, 1844)
* ''
Gemmulimitra solanderi
''Gemmulimitra solanderi'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mitridae
Mitridae, known as mitre shells, are a taxonomic family of sea snails, widely distributed marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Mitroide ...
'' (Reeve, 1844)
* ''
Gemmulimitra strongae
''Gemmulimitra strongae'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mitridae, the miters or miter snails.
Distribution
This marine species occurs off Papua New Guinea and Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and fo ...
''
(Poppe, Tagaro & R. Salisbury, 2009)
References
External links
Fedosov A., Puillandre N., Herrmann M., Kantor Yu., Oliverio M., Dgebuadze P., Modica M.V. & Bouchet P. (2018). The collapse of Mitra: molecular systematics and morphology of the Mitridae (Gastropoda: Neogastropoda). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 183(2): 253-337
Mitridae
Gastropod genera
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