Unedogemmula ina
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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

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

Taxonomy

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

The length of the shell attains 40.2 mm.

Distribution

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

References

  1. 1 2 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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