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

  1. McLean, J.H. & Poorman, R. (1971) New species of tropical Eastern Pacific Turridae. The Veliger, 14, 89–113.
  2. Fusiturricula andrei McLean & Poorman, 1971.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 31 March 2010.
  3. 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.

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