Vaceuchelus gemmula

Taxonavigation

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

• 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

• 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

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

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• 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.