Gemmula concinna

Species of gastropod

Gemmula concinna
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Turridae
Genus:	Gemmula
Species:	G. concinna
Binomial name
*Gemmula concinna* (Dunker, 1871)
Synonyms^[1]
Clathurella concinna Dunker, 1871

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

Description

The length of the shell varies between 30 mm and 45 mm.

(Original description by Dunker - translated from Latin) The small shell has an ovate-oblong shape. It is yellowish-white, girded with dark lines. The longitudinal ribs are almost erased. The transverse striae show a delicate lattice-like structure. The shell contains seven slightly convex whorls. The suture is distinct but not deep. The aperture is oval. The outer lip is incrassate and below varicose. Inside it is crenulate. The sinus is of an average size. ^[2]

(Described by Tryon as Clathurella reeviana) The surface is almost microscopically decussated, the spiral sculpture being generally the strongest. The color of the shell is whitish, with light chestnut revolving lines, irregularly distributed, approximating or distant. ^[3]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Philippines.

References

^ ^a ^b Gemmula concinna (Dunker, 1871). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
^ G. Dunker (1871), Mollusca nova Musei GodefFroy Hamburgensis- Malakozoologische Blätter 18.Bd. (1871) p.160
^ G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.