Gemmula vaningeni Brown and Pilsbry 1913 (turrid)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turridae

Alternative combinations: Drillia vaningeni, Pleurotoma (Gemmula) vaningeni, Turris (Gemmula) vaningeni, Turris vaningeni

Synonym: Hemipleurotoma eileta Gardner 1938

Full reference: A. P. Brown and H. A. Pilsbry. 1913. Fauna of the Gatun Formation, Isthmus of Panama: II. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 64:500-519

Belongs to Gemmula according to W. P. Woodring 1970

See also Mansfield 1925, Oinomikado 1939 and Olsson 1964

Sister taxa: Gemmula (Coronia), Gemmula (Coroniopsis), Gemmula (Gemmula), Gemmula (Pinguigemmula), Gemmula abacta, Gemmula alazana, Gemmula amica, Gemmula bentsonae, Gemmula congener, Gemmula crenulata, Gemmula cretacea, Gemmula diabloensis, Gemmula fasteni, Gemmula gajensis, Gemmula guindana, Gemmula hindsiana, Gemmula imitatrix, Gemmula machapoorensis, Gemmula macrobia, Gemmula mekranica, Gemmula mexa, Gemmula monerma, Gemmula plebeia, Gemmula plentopsis, Gemmula rockcreekensis, Gemmula sindiensis, Gemmula tumata, Gemmula violeta, Gemmula wattsi, Turris (Gemmula) birmanica, Turris (Gemmula) pakistanica, Turris (Gemmula) soriensis, Turris (Gemmula) thyrsus, Pleurotoma (Hemipleurotoma) juvavica, Pleurotoma (Hemipleurotoma) choptankensis, Pleurotoma (Hemipleurotoma) calvertensis, Hemipleurotoma oostinghi, Hemipleurotoma arenosa, Pleurotoma (Hemipleurotoma) iris, Pleurotoma (Hemipleurotoma) kroisbachensis, Hemipleurotoma bhagothorensis, Pleurotoma (Hemipleurotoma) yenanensis, Pleurotoma (Hemipleurotoma) humilis, Hemipleurotoma bonneti, Pleurotoma (Hemipleurotoma) bellacrenata, Hemipleurotoma narica, Pleurotoma (Hemipleurotoma) singuensis

Type specimens:

  • Gemmula vaningeni: ANSP 3855, a shell
  • Hemipleurotoma eileta: Its type locality is USGS Loc. 3856 - Mossyhead [Shoal River Fm], which is in a Serravallian marine marl/sandstone in the Shoal River Formation of Florida.

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of Colombia (3 collections), Ecuador (2), Panama (15), Trinidad and Tobago (2), United States (9: Florida)

Total: 31 collections each including a single occurrence

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