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Gemmula

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Superfamily
  
Conoidea

Subfamily
  
Turrinae

Rank
  
Genus

Class
  
Gastropoda

Family
  
Turridae

Phylum
  
Mollusca

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Similar
  
Lophiotoma, Turrid, Turricula, Turridrupa, Bathytoma

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Gemmula, common name the gem turrids, is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Turridae, the turrids.

Contents

Gemmula Gemmula Gemmula congener diomedea

These snails have been recorded as fossils from the Paleocene to the Quaternary (from 66.043 to 0.012 Ma). Fossils have been found all over the world.

Gemmula Gemmula vagata Images Video Information

They are venomous with disulfide-rich polypeptides in their venom ducts. These bioactive peptides are likely to become a resource for novel pharmacologically active compounds

Gemmula Gemmula periscelida Atlantic gemturris Pleurotoma periscelida

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Habitat and feeding habits

Gemmula Gemmula Gemmula congener diomedea

The snails in this genus occur mostly in deeper tropical waters at depths between 50 and 500m. Because of these deep habitats, little is known about their feeding habits.

Taxonomy

Gemmula Gemmula Gemmula graeffei

The Gemmula clade is more closely related to the clades Xenuroturris, Turris and Lophiotoma than to the other clades in the subfamily Turrinae.

Description

As expected from venomous species, these species have a toxoglosson radula (formula 1 + 0 +1 + 0 + 1) with a central tooth that characterizes this genus.

Species

The genus Gemmula is the largest genus in the subfamily Turrinae. Species within the genus Gemmula include:

Gemmula Gemmula Gemmula graeffei

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References

Gemmula Wikipedia