Fusiturricula andrei
| Fusiturricula andrei | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Drilliidae |
| Genus: | Fusiturricula |
| Species: | F. andrei |
| Binomial name | |
| Fusiturricula andrei McLean & Poorman, 1971 [1] | |
Fusiturricula andrei is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[2] [3]
Description
The size of an adult shell varies between 35 mm and 50 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in the demersal zone of the Pacific Ocean off Isla Santa Cruz, Galápagos Islands
References
- ↑ McLean, J.H. & Poorman, R. (1971) New species of tropical Eastern Pacific Turridae. The Veliger, 14, 89–113.
- ↑ Fusiturricula andrei McLean & Poorman, 1971. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 31 March 2010.
- ↑ P. Bouchet, Yu. I. Kantor, A. Sysoev & N. Puillandre (2011). "A new operational classification of the Conoidea (Gastropoda)". Journal of Molluscan Studies 77 (3): 273–308. doi:10.1093/mollus/eyr017.
- Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1-1295
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