Gemmula ducalis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turridae, the turrids.[1]

Gemmula ducalis
Original image of a shell of Gemmula ducalis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Turridae
Genus: Gemmula
Species:
G. ducalis
Binomial name
Gemmula ducalis
(Thiele, 1925)
Synonyms[1]
  • Pleurotoma (Gemmula) ducalis Thiele, 1925 (basionym)
  • Pleurotoma ducalis Thiele, 1925

Distribution

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This marine species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Somalia

References

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  • Thiele J. (1925). Gastropoden der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition. II Teil. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition auf dem Dampfer "Valdivia" 1898-1899. 17(2): 35-382, pls 13-46
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  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1.