Anisogemmula graeffei

Anisogemmula graeffei
Original image of a shell of Anisogemmula graeffei
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Turridae
Genus:	Anisogemmula
Species:	A. graeffei
Binomial name
Anisogemmula graeffei (Weinkauff, 1875)
Synonyms [1]
Gemmula graeffei(Weinkauff, 1875) superseded combination Gemmula (Gemmula) graeffei(Weinkauff, 1875) Pleurotoma graeffeiWeinkauff, 1875 (original combination) Pleurotoma punctata auct. [not punctata Reeve].

Anisogemmula graeffei, common name Graeffe's turrid, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turridae, the turrids. ^[1]

Description

The length of the shell varies between 13 mm and 35 mm.

The brownish, fusiform shell is crenulately carinate or cingulate. The ribs are lighter-colored. The median carina is stronger, with larger crenulations. The acute apex is corneous and consists of 3½ whorls. The first one is smooth, the others longitudinally plicate. The ovate aperture is plicate within. The columella is upright. The siphonal canal is long and narrow, with a narrow slit above. The acute outer lip is curved ^{[2] [3]}

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Fiji Islands; Queensland, Australia; the Philippines.

References

1. Anisogemmula graeffei (Weinkauff, 1875) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species .
2. G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .
3. Weinkauff H.C. (1875). Ueber eine kritische Gruppe des Genus Pleurotoma Lam. sensu stricto. Jahrbücher der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft. 2: 285-292, pl. 9

• Brazier, J. 1876. A list of the Pleurotomidae collected during the Chevert expedition, with the description of the new species. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 1: 151–162
• Hedley, C. 1922. A revision of the Australian Turridae. Records of the Australian Museum 13(6): 213–359, pls 42–56
• Shuto, T. 1969. Neogene gastropods from Panay Island, the Philippines. Memoires of the Faculty of Science, Kyushu University 19(1): 1-250
• Cernohorsky, W.O. 1978. Tropical Pacific marine shells. Sydney : Pacific Publications 352 pp., 68 pls.
• Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp.
• 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.

External links

• Gastropods.com: Gemmula (Gemmula) graeffei
• Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1-1295.