title: Gemmula congener
text: # 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.
  
  