Cryptogemma aethiopica

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

Cryptogemma aethiopica
Shell of Cryptogemma aethiopica (holotype at Smithsonian Institution)
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

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.