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Eugemmula monilifera

Eugemmula monilifera is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turridae, the turrids.

Description

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

(Original description) The shell is fusiform, turreted, and light brown. Its numerous whorls are encircled by a row of semitransparent, slightly oblong tubercles, disposed in a somewhat imbricated manner. A prominent keel lies between these rows, with a lighter one just below them. The interstices are concave, ornamented with raised striae, and crossed by oblique lines. The body whorl is encircled by raised striae, which are most prominent on its upper part. The aperture is ovate, and the siphonal canal is rather long and slightly recurved.

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

References

  • Weinkauff, H.C. 1875. Ueber eine kritische gruppe des genus Pleurotoma Lam. sensu stricto. Jahrbücher der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft 1875: 285–292
  • Paetel 1887. Catalog der Conchylien-Sammlung. I. Die Cephalopoden, Pteropoden und Meeres-Gastropoden. Berlin, Verlag von Gerbrüder Paetel. Berlin : Verlag von Gerbrüder Paetel pp. 1–16, 1–639.
  • Iredale, T. 1931. Australian molluscan notes. No. 1. Records of the Australian Museum 18(4): 201–235, pls xxii–xxv
  • Tinker (1952), Pacific Sea Shells, p. 46, p1. 1; A handbook of common marine mollusks of Hawaii and the south seas. Tokyo : Tuttle 240 pp.
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1964. The Family Turridae in the Indo-Pacific. Part 1. The Subfamily Turrinae. Indo-Pacific Mollusca 1: 227-346
  • Kosuge, S. 1990. Report on the family Turridae collected along the north-western coast of Australia. Bulletin of the Institute of Malacology, Tokyo 2(9): 149–156, pls 54, 55
  • Steyn, D.G. & Lussi, M. (1998) Marine Shells of South Africa. An Illustrated Collector's Guide to Beached Shells. Ekogilde Publishers, Hartebeespoort, South Africa, ii + 264 pp
  • Kantor, Y., Bouchet, P., Fedosov, A., Puillandre, N. & Zaharias, P. (2024). Generic revision of the Recent Turridae (Neogastropoda: Conoidea). Journal of Molluscan Studies. eyae032: 1-40.

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