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Distribution

Species in this genus occur in the Indo-West Pacific and off Australia.

Species

Species within the genus ''Unedogemmula'' include: * † '' Unedogemmula annae'' (Hoernes & Auinger, 1891) * † '' Unedogemmula bemmeleni'' (Oostingh, 1941) * '' Unedogemmula bisaya'' (B. M. Olivera, 2004) * † '' Unedogemmula boreoturricula'' (F. Kautsky, 1925) * † '' Unedogemmula contigua'' (G.B. Brocchi, 1814 ) * '' Unedogemmula deshayesii'' (Doumet, 1840) * † '' Unedogemmula hanseata'' (F. Kautsky, 1925) * '' Unedogemmula hazarti'' T. Cossignani, 2021 * '' Unedogemmula ina'' McNeil, 1961 * '' Unedogemmula indica'' (Röding, 1798) * '' Unedogemmula koolhoveni'' (Oostingh, 1938) * † '' Unedogemmula nuttalli'' Harzhauser, Raven & Landau, 2018 * † '' Unedogemmula sondeiana'' (K. Martin, 1895) * † '' Unedogemmula stoffelsi'' (P. Nyst, 1845) * '' Unedogemmula unedo'' (Kiener, 1839) ;Synonyms: * ''Unedogemmula binda'' (T.A. Garrard, 1961): synonym of '' Unedogemmula unedo'' (Kiener, 1839) * ''Unedogemmula elongata'' J.E. Gray & G.B. I Sowerby, 1839: synonym of ''Unedogemmula deshayesii'' (E. Doumet, 1840) * ''Unedogemmula trypanodes'' J.C. Melvill, 1904:synonym of '' Gemmula hastula'' (L.A. Reeve, 1843)

References

* MacNeil F. S. (1961 1960" Tertiary and Quaternary Gastropoda of Okinawa. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 339: iv + 148 pp., 21 pls. * Powell AWB (1966), ''The Molluscan Families Speightiidae and Turridae''; Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum n. 5 * Bouchet P., Kantor Yu.I., Sysoev A. & Puillandre N. (2011) ''A new operational classification of the Conoidea''. Journal of Molluscan Studies 77: 273-308. * Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp. Turridae {{Turridae-stub