Oliveragemmula rosario

Oliveragemmula rosario
Shell of Oliveragemmula rosario
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Turridae
Genus: Oliveragemmula
Species:
O. rosario
Binomial name
Oliveragemmula rosario
Shikama, 1977
Synonyms[1]
  • Gemmula (Gemmula) rosario Shikama, T. & S. Hayashi in Shikama, T., 1977
  • Gemmula rosario Shikama & Hayashi, 1977 superseded combination

Oliveragemmula rosario 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 18 mm and 42 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs from Southeast Africa to Japan.

References

  • Drivas, J. & Jay, M. (1987). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'Île Maurice. Collection Les Beautés de la Nature. Delachaux et Niestlé: Neuchâtel. ISBN 2-603-00654-1. 159 pp.
  • Steyn, D.G. & Lussi, M. (1998) Marine Shells of South Africa. An Illustrated Collector's Guide to Beached Shells. Ekogilde Publishers, Hartebeespoort, South Africa, ii + 264 pp.
  • 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.