Gemmula monilifera

Gemmula monilifera is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turridae, the turrids.^[1][2]

Gemmula monilifera
Gemmula monilifera shell
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Turridae
Genus:	Gemmula
Species:	G. monilifera
Binomial name
Gemmula monilifera (Pease, 1860)
Synonyms[1]
Eugemmula monilifera (Pease, 1861) Gemmula (Gemmula) monilifera (Pease, 1861) Pleurotoma (Gemmula) monilifera (Pease, 1861) Turris aelomitra (Dall, 1952) (misidentification) Turris monilifera Pease, 1860 Turritella monilifera (Pease, 1861)

Description

The length of the shell varies between 10 mm and 30 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Red Sea, in the Indian Ocean off Durban, South Africa; off Hawaii; off Papua New Guinea and Western Australia