Alisigemmula astrolabiensis
Alisigemmula astrolabiensis | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Turridae |
Genus: | Alisigemmula |
Species: | A. astrolabiensis
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Binomial name | |
Alisigemmula astrolabiensis Kantor, Bouchet, Fedosov, Puillandre & Zaharias, 2024
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Alisigemmula astrolabiensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turridae, the turrids.[1]
Etymology
The species name refers to the type locality, Astrolabe Bay, as well as paying tribute to L'Astrolabe, the famous ship of Commander Jules Sébastien César Dumont d'Urville, after which the bay was named. [1]
Distribution
This marine species occurs in the Bismarck Sea
References
- Kantor, Y., Bouchet, P., Fedosov, A., Puillandre, N. & Zaharias, P. (2024). Generic revision of the Recent Turridae (Neogastropoda: Conoidea). Journal of Molluscan Studies. eyae032: 1-40.