Cryptogemma aethiopica

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Cryptogemma aethiopica
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Shell of Cryptogemma aethiopica (holotype at Smithsonian Institution)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Turridae
Genus: Cryptogemma
Species:
C. aethiopica
Binomial name
Cryptogemma aethiopica
(Thiele, 1925)
Synonyms [1]
  • Gemmula (Pinguigemmula) thielei Finlay, 1930
  • Gemmula aethiopica(Thiele, 1925)
  • Gemmula luzonica(Powell, 1964)
  • Gemmula thieleiFinlay, 1930
  • Pinguigemmula luzonicaPowell, 1964
  • † Pinguigemmula okinavensisMacNeil, 1961
  • Pinguigemmula philippinensisPowell, 1964
  • Pinguigemmula thieleiPowell 1964
  • Pleurotoma aethiopicaThiele, 1925
  • Pleurotoma fusiformisThiele, 1925
  • Pleurotoma (Gemmula) aethiopicaThiele, 1925 (basionym)
  • Pleurotoma (Gemmula) fusiformisThiele, 1925 (invalid: junior homonym of Pleurotoma fusiformisJ.de C. Sowerby, 1823; Gemmula thielei is a replacement name)
  • † Pleurotoma tricinctaK. Martin, 1935

Cryptogemma aethiopica is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turridae, the turrids. [1]

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Description

The length of the shell attains 42.2 mm, its diameter 16.9 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Somalia and Madagascar; also in the Central Indo-Pacific at depths between 400 m to 850 m: in the South China Sea; off Sumatra, Indonesia.

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References

  1. 1 2 MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Cryptogemma aethiopica (Thiele, 1925). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1425516 on 2020-10-12


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