Oliveragemmula cosmoi

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

Oliveragemmula cosmoi
Shell of Oliveragemmula cosmoi (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Turridae
Genus:	Oliveragemmula
Species:	O. cosmoi
Binomial name
Oliveragemmula cosmoi (Sykes, 1930)
Synonyms[1]
Gemmula congener cosmoi (Sykes, 1930) Gemmula (Gemmula) cosmoi (Sykes, 1930) Gemmula cosmoi (Sykes, 1930) superseded combination Turris cosmoi Sykes, 1930

Description

The length of the shell varies between 45 mm and 60 mm.

An almost uncolored to slightly brown shell. It shows a row of tiny nodules on the keel of the whorls. The suture has a row of pointed nodules. ^[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs from East Africa to Japan; in the East China Sea, South China Sea and Nansha Islands; off the Philippines.