Powelligemmula rarimaculata
Species of gastropod
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Powelligemmula rarimaculata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turridae, the turrids.[1]
| Powelligemmula rarimaculata | |
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| Shell of Powelligemmula rarimaculata (specimen at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Turridae |
| Genus: | Powelligemmula |
| Species: | P. rarimaculata |
| Binomial name | |
| Powelligemmula rarimaculata | |
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Description
The length of the shell varies between 17 mm and 27 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Indian Ocean; in the Solomon Sea; off Japan; in the South China Sea; off the Fiji Islands, Queensland, Western Australia and the Philippines.[citation needed]
