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