Fusiturricula bajanensis
| Fusiturricula bajanensis | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Drilliidae |
| Genus: | Fusiturricula |
| Species: | F. bajanensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Fusiturricula bajanensis Nowell-Usticke, 1969 [1] | |
| Synonyms | |
|
Fusiturricula (Knefastia) bajanensis Nowell-Usticke, 1969 | |
Fusiturricula bajanensis 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 85 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in the demersal zone of the Caribbean Sea off St. Croix
References
- ↑ Nowell-Usticke, G.W. (1969) A Supplementary Listing of New Shells (Illustrated). To be Added to the Check List of the Marine Shells of St. Croix. Lane Press, Burlington, Vermont, 32 pp., 6 pls.
- ↑ Fusiturricula bajanensis Nowell-Usticke, 1969. 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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