Eugemmula hombroni

Eugemmula hombroni
Shell of Eugemmula hombroni (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Turridae
Genus:	Eugemmula
Species:	E. hombroni
Binomial name
Eugemmula hombroni Hedley, 1922
Synonyms [1]
Pleurotoma (Gemmula) padangensisThiele, 1925 Pleurotoma (Gemmula) fuscaHombron & Jacquinot, 1853 Pleurotoma fuscaHombron & Jacquinot, 1848 (invalid: junior homonym of Pleurotoma fuscaC.B. Adams, 1845; Gemmula hombroni is a replacement name)

Eugemmula hombroni 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 16 mm and 25 mm. Its a non-broadcast spawner and their lifecycle does not include trocophore stage.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Indo-west Pacific, from Andaman Islands to Japan; also off Australia (Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia)

References

1. Eugemmula hombroni (Hedley, 1922) . 27 July 2025. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species .

• Hombron, J.B. & Jacquinot, C.H. (eds) 1853. Voyage au Pole Sud et dans l'Océanie sur les corvettes l'Astrolabe et la Zélée exécuté par ordre du Roi pendant les années 1837-1840, sous le commandement de M.J. Dumont-d'Urville Capitaine de Vaisseau. Zoologie. Paris : Gide & Baudry Vol. 3 166 pp.
• Schepman, M.M. 1913. Toxoglossa. pp. 384–396 in Weber, M. & de Beaufort, L.F. (eds). The Prosobranchia, Pulmonata and Opisthobranchia Tectibranchiata, Tribe Bullomorpha, of the Siboga Expedition. Monograph 49. Siboga Expeditie 32(2)
• Thiele J. (1925). Gastropoden der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition. II Teil. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition auf dem Dampfer "Valdivia" 1898-1899. 17(2): 35-382, pls 13-46
• Powell, A.W.B. 1964. The Family Turridae in the Indo-Pacific. Part 1. The Subfamily Turrinae. Indo-Pacific Mollusca 1: 227-346
• Powell, A.W.B. 1966. The molluscan families Speightiidae and Turridae, an evaluation of the valid taxa, both Recent and fossil, with list of characteristic species. Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum. Auckland, New Zealand 5: 1–184, pls 1–23
• Powell, A.W.B. 1967. The family Turridae in the Indo-Pacific. Part 1a. The Turrinae concluded. Indo-Pacific Mollusca 1(7): 409-443, pls 298-317
• Shuto, T. 1969. Neogene gastropods from Panay Island, the Philippines. Memoires of the Faculty of Science, Kyushu University 19(1): 1-250

External links

• Hedley, C. (1922). "A revision of the Australian Turridae". Records of the Australian Museum. 13 (6): 218. Retrieved 29 July 2025.
• Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1-1295.