Volume 24, Issue 74, July - December, 2023

New record of albatross turrid Gemmula diomedea Powell, 1964 (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Turridae) from Indian waters

Md Hafiz, Aritra Ghosh, Tamal Mondal, Sheikh Sajan^♦

Zoological Survey of India, Prani Vigyan Bhawan, M Block, New Alipore, Kolkata-700053, West Bengal, India

^♦Corresponding author
Zoological Survey of India, Prani Vigyan Bhawan, M Block, New Alipore, Kolkata-700053, West Bengal, India

ABSTRACT

In this study, the Albatross turrid Gemmula diomedea, previously reported from the Philippines, and South China sea is recorded for the first time from Visakhapatnam, East coast of India. The present paper reports the range extension of the Albatross turrid from the Philippines and South China Sea to the Bay of Bengal in India. Detailed taxonomic descriptions, distributions and illustrations, are provided.

Keywords: Distribution, Gemmula diomedea, Neogastropoda, New record, East coast, India

Species, 2023, 24(74), e77s1587

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.54905/disssi.v24i74.e77s1587

Published: 19 September 2023