Gemmula violeta Hanna 1927 (turrid)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turridae

Full reference: M. A. Hanna. 1927. An Eocene invertebrate fauna from the La Jolla Quadrangle, California . University of California Publications Bulletin of the Department of Geological Sciences 16(8):247-398

Belongs to Gemmula according to M. A. Hanna 1927

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 encinalis, 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 vaningeni, Gemmula wattsi, Turris (Gemmula) birmanica, Turris (Gemmula) pakistanica, Turris (Gemmula) soriensis, Turris (Gemmula) thyrsus, Pleurotoma (Hemipleurotoma) calvertensis, Hemipleurotoma arenosa, Hemipleurotoma bonneti, Pleurotoma (Hemipleurotoma) juvavica, Pleurotoma (Hemipleurotoma) yenanensis, Hemipleurotoma bhagothorensis, Pleurotoma (Hemipleurotoma) iris, Hemipleurotoma narica, Hemipleurotoma oostinghi, Pleurotoma (Hemipleurotoma) singuensis, Pleurotoma (Hemipleurotoma) bellacrenata, Pleurotoma (Hemipleurotoma) humilis, Pleurotoma (Hemipleurotoma) choptankensis, Pleurotoma (Hemipleurotoma) kroisbachensis

Type specimen: UCMP 30977, a shell

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Vista, Horizon 1 (Eocene of California)

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