Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turridae

Alternative combinations: Drillia vaningeni, Pleurotoma (Gemmula) vaningeni, Turris (Gemmula) vaningeni, Turris vaningeni

Synonym: Hemipleurotoma eileta Gardner 1938

Full reference: A. P. Brown and H. A. Pilsbry. 1913. Fauna of the Gatun Formation, Isthmus of Panama: II. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 64:500-519

Belongs to Gemmula according to W. P. Woodring 1970

Sister taxa: Gemmula (Coroniopsis), Gemmula (Gemmula), Gemmula (Pinguigemmula), Gemmula (Ptychosyrinx), Gemmula (Unedogemmula), Gemmula alazana, Gemmula amica, Gemmula congener, Gemmula crenulata, Gemmula cretacea, Gemmula gajensis, Gemmula hindsiana, Gemmula imitatrix, Gemmula machapoorensis, Gemmula mekranica, Gemmula mexa, Gemmula plebeia, Gemmula sindiensis, Turris (Gemmula) birmanica, Turris (Gemmula) thyrsus, Hemipleurotoma arenosa, Pleurotoma (Hemipleurotoma) choptankensis, Pleurotoma (Hemipleurotoma) bellacrenata, Pleurotoma (Hemipleurotoma) calvertensis, Pleurotoma (Hemipleurotoma) singuensis, Pleurotoma (Hemipleurotoma) humilis, Pleurotoma (Hemipleurotoma) iris, Pleurotoma (Hemipleurotoma) yenanensis, Hemipleurotoma bhagothorensis, Hemipleurotoma bonneti, Hemipleurotoma narica

Type specimens:

• Gemmula vaningeni: ANSP 3855, a shell
• Hemipleurotoma eileta: Its type locality is USGS Loc. 3856 - Mossyhead [Shoal River Fm], which is in a Serravallian marine marl/sandstone in the Shoal River Formation of Florida.

Average measurements (in mm): shell 19.5 x 7.3