Gemmula kieneri

Gemmula kieneri
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Turridae
Subfamily: Turrinae
Genus: Gemmula
Species: G. kieneri
Binomial name
Gemmula kieneri
(Doumet, 1840)
Synonyms[1]

Pleurotoma kieneri Doumet, 1840

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

It's mineralized tissue is made up of calcium carbonate. One may find it in a water depth of 50m (min) to 346m (max).[2]

References

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