Oliveragemmula kieneri
Species of gastropod
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Gemmula kieneri is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turridae, the turrids.[1]
| Oliveragemmula kieneri | |
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| Shell of Gemmula_kieneri | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Turridae |
| Genus: | Gemmula |
| Species: | G. kieneri |
| Binomial name | |
| Gemmula kieneri (Doumet, 1840) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Its mineralized tissue is made up of calcium carbonate. One may find it in a water depth of 50m (min) to 346m (max).[2]
- Subspecies
- † Gemmula kieneri ryuktjuensis MacNeil, 1960
- † Gemmula kieneri woodwardi (Martin, 1884)
Description
The length of this robust, fusiform shell varies between 26.2 mm and 73 mm.
AWB Powell (1964) pointed out that this species is very similar to Gemmula speciosa (Reeve, 1842)
Distribution
This marine species occurs off Papua New Guinea, in the East China Sea and South China Sea, Nansha Islands; off Japan and the Philippines; off Queensland, Australia.
