Taylorigemmula

Genus of gastropods From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Taylorigemmula is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Turridae, the turrids.[1]

Phylum:Mollusca
Class:Gastropoda
Subclass:Caenogastropoda
Order:Neogastropoda
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Taylorigemmula
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Turridae
Genus: Taylorigemmula
Kantor, Bouchet, Fedosov, Puillandre & Zaharias, 2024
Type species
Taylorigemmula barbarae Kantor, Bouchet, Fedosov, Puillandre & Zaharias, 2024
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Etymology

The genus is named after John D. Taylor, eminent British malacologist, for his contributions to the study of molluscs, including Conoidea, and also in reference to the overall similarity of the new genus to the earlier broader concept of Gemmula.[1]

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