Eugemmula hombroni

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

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) padangensis Thiele, 1925 Pleurotoma (Gemmula) fusca Hombron & Jacquinot, 1853 Pleurotoma fusca Hombron & Jacquinot, 1848 (invalid: junior homonym of Pleurotoma fusca C.B. Adams, 1845; Gemmula hombroni is a replacement name)

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)