Journal of Tropical Oceanography ›› 2025, Vol. 44 ›› Issue (4): 165-169.doi: 10.11978/2024197

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

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

  1. 1. Marine Biodiversity Collection of South China Sea, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Applied Marine Biology, 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:2024-11-18 Online:2025-07-10 Published:2025-07-31
  • Contact: CHEN Zhiyun
  • Supported by:
    National Animal Collection Resource Center, China; Taxonomist Project, Chinese Academy of Sciences(CAS-TAX-24-043)

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

CLC Number: 

  • Q959.1