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A new record of genus Gemmula (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Turridae) from Guangdong coastal waters

WANG Jianing1, 2HE Chen1, 2,  CHEN Zhiyun1, TAN Yehui1, 2   

  1. 1. Marine Biodiversity Collections of South China Sea, Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Bio-resources and Ecology, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510301, China

    2. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China

  • Received:2024-10-21 Revised:2025-01-15 Accepted:2025-01-22
  • Contact: CHEN, Zhi-Yun
  • Supported by:

    Biological Resources Programme, ChineseAcademy of Sciences; Taxonomist project, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS-TAX-24-043); National Animal Collection Resource Center, China

Abstract: We report one newly recorded species of the genus Gemmula (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Turridae) from the offshore waters off Shanwei, Guangdong Province: Gemmula rosario Shikama & Hayashi, 1977. All the specimens were deposited in the Marine Biodiversity Collections of the South China Sea Chinese Academy of Sciences. The shell morphological features of this species were presented, along with its habitat and distribution. Differences between this species and similar species are compared and discussed.

Key words: Mollusca, Turridae, Gemmula, new record