Anisogemmula graeffei

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

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Gemmula graeffei (Weinkauff, 1875) superseded combination Gemmula (Gemmula) graeffei (Weinkauff, 1875) Pleurotoma graeffei Weinkauff, 1875 (original combination) Pleurotoma punctata auct. [not punctata Reeve].

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.