Vaceuchelus gemmula

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Taxonavigation

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Taxonavigation: Seguenzioidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Spiralia
Cladus: Lophotrochozoa
Phylum: Mollusca
Classis: Gastropoda
Subclassis: Vetigastropoda
Ordo: Seguenziida
Superfamilia: Seguenzioidea

Familia: Chilodontidae
Genus: Vaceuchelus
Species: Vaceuchelus gemmula

Name

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  • Vaceuchelus gemmula (Turton, 1932)
Holotype: OXUM.
Type locality: Port Alfred, South Africa.
Etymology: The species name gemmula, diminutive of Latin gemma (a bud or jewel) was formed as a feminine noun in apposition.

Mentions

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  • Euchelus gemmula Turton, 1932: 194, No 1347, pl. 49.
  • Euchelus natalensis Bartsch, 1915: 163; Turton, 1932: 193, No 1346; Barnard 1951: 117, pl. xvi, fig. 16; 1963: 266 (in part).
  • Vaceuchelus gemmula Herbert, 2012: 452, figs. 42–44

References

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  • Turton, W.H., 1932: The marine shells of Port Alfred, South Africa. London: Oxford University Press, pp. i–xvi, 1–331, pls 1–70.

  • Herbert, D.G. 2012: A revision of the Chilodontidae (Gastropoda: Vetigastropoda: Seguenzioidea) of southern Africa and the south-western Indian Ocean. African invertebrates, 53(2): 381–502.