Cryptogemma aethiopica

Cryptogemma aethiopica
	Shell of Cryptogemma aethiopica (holotype at Smithsonian Institute)
Scientific classification
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

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.

References

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 Quarternary 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, Walter O. "Taxonomic notes on some deep-water Turridae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from the Malagasy Republic." Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum (1987): 123–134.
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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[WoRMS-1] 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