Oliveragemmula

Oliveragemmula is a genus of marine gastropod molluscs or micromolluscs in the family Turridae, the turrids.

Oliveragemmula
Shell of Oliveragemmula diomedea (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Turridae
Genus:	Oliveragemmula Kantor, Bouchet, Fedosov, Puillandre & Zaharias, 2024
Type species
Pleurotoma kieneri Doumet, 1840

Etymology

The genus is named after Professor Baldomero M. ‘Toto’ Olivera, pioneer of research on conoidean toxins and the author of many species of Turridae from the Philippines, and also referring to the overall similarity of the new genus to the earlier broader concept of Gemmula.

Species

All these species formerly belonged to the genus Gemmula

• Oliveragemmula congener (E. A. Smith, 1894)
• Oliveragemmula cosmoi (Sykes, 1930)
• Oliveragemmula dampierana (A. W. B. Powell, 1964)
• Oliveragemmula diomedea (A. W. B. Powell, 1964)
• Oliveragemmula gilchristi (G. B. Sowerby III, 1902)
• Oliveragemmula kieneri (Doumet, 1840)
• Oliveragemmula murrayi (A. W. B. Powell, 1964)
• Oliveragemmula rosario (Shikama & Hayashi, 1977)
• Oliveragemmula sogodensis (B. M. Olivera, 2005)
• Oliveragemmula speciosa (Reeve, 1842)
• Oliveragemmula subfenestrata (Kosuge, 1990)
• Oliveragemmula vagata (E. A. Smith, 1895)
• Oliveragemmula westaustralis (Kosuge, 1990)

References

• Kantor, Y., Bouchet, P., Fedosov, A., Puillandre, N. & Zaharias, P. (2024). Generic revision of the Recent Turridae (Neogastropoda: Conoidea). Journal of Molluscan Studies. eyae032: 1-40.