Cryptogemma aethiopica

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Cryptogemma aethiopica
Shell of Cryptogemma aethiopica (holotype at Smithsonian Institution)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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 thielei Finlay, 1930
  • Pinguigemmula luzonica Powell, 1964
  • Pinguigemmula okinavensis MacNeil, 1961
  • Pinguigemmula philippinensis Powell, 1964
  • Pinguigemmula thielei Powell 1964
  • Pleurotoma aethiopica Thiele, 1925
  • Pleurotoma fusiformis Thiele, 1925
  • Pleurotoma (Gemmula) aethiopica Thiele, 1925 (basionym)
  • Pleurotoma (Gemmula) fusiformis Thiele, 1925 (invalid: junior homonym of Pleurotoma fusiformis J.de C. Sowerby, 1823; Gemmula thielei is a replacement name)
  • Pleurotoma tricincta K. Martin, 1935

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

Description[edit]

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

Distribution[edit]

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.

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b 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
  • 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(5), 227–346.
  • MacNeil F. S. (1961 ["1960"]) Tertiary and Quaternary Gastropoda of Okinawa. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 339: iv + 148 pp., 21 pls.
  • Martin, K. 1935. Oligocaene Gastropoden von Buton. Leidsche Geologische Mededeelingen 7(1):111-118, pl. 2.
  • Cernohorsky, W. O. (1987). "Taxonomic Notes on Some Deep-Water Turridae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from the Malagasy Republic". Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum. 24: 123–134. ISSN 0067-0464. JSTOR 42906368. Wikidata Q58677293.
  • Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
  • Li B. [Baoquan] & Li X. [Xinzheng]. (2008). Report on the turrid genera Gemmula, Lophiotoma and Ptychosyrinx (Gastropoda: Turridae: Turrinae) from the China seas. Zootaxa. 1778: 1-25.

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