Gemmula rotata

Gemmula rotata is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turridae, the turrids.^[1]

Gemmula rotata
Shell of Gemmula rotata (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Turridae
Genus:	Gemmula
Species:	G. rotata
Binomial name
Gemmula rotata (Brocchi, 1814)
Synonyms[1]
† Murex rotatus Brocchi, 1814 (original combination) † Pleurotoma rotata (Brocchi, 1814)

Description

Distribution

Fossils of this marine species have been found in Pliocene strata in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France.