Gemmula congener

Gemmula congener, common name Melvill's turrid, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turridae, the turrids.

Synonyms

 * Gemmula congener cosmoi (Sykes, 1930) : synonym of Gemmula cosmoi (Sykes, 1930)
 * Gemmula congener diomedea Powell, 1964 : synonym of Gemmula diomedea Powell, 1964
 * Gemmula congener unilineata Powell, 1967 : synonym of Cryptogemma unilineata (Powell, 1967) (basionym)
 * Gemmula congener webberae Kilburn, 1975 : synonym of Gemmula webberae Kilburn, 1975

Description
The length of the shell varies between 40 mm and 90 mm.

Distribution
This marine species occurs in the Indo-West Pacific, in the Bay of Bengal, off the Philippines and off Western Australia; in the East China Sea, northern South China Sea and Nansha Islands; off Japan.