Fusiturricula maesae
| Fusiturricula maesae | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Drilliidae |
| Genus: | Fusiturricula |
| Species: | F. maesae |
| Binomial name | |
| Fusiturricula maesae Rios, 1985[1] | |
Fusiturricula maesae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[2] [3]
The specific name maesae is named in honor of American malacologist Virginia Orr Maes.[4]
Distribution
The type locality is in the demersal zone off Rio de Janeiro to São Paulo, Brazil.[4] at a depth of 91 m.
Description
The maximum recorded shell length is 54 mm.[5]
Habitat
Minimum recorded depth is 91 m.[5] Maximum recorded depth is 91 m.[5]
References
- ↑ Rios E. C. (1985). Seashells of Brazil. Rio Grande do Sul, 329 pp., 102 plates. Page 133, plate 46, figure 604.
- ↑ Fusiturricula maesae Rios, 1985. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 October 2011.
- ↑ 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.
- 1 2 Robertson R. (1987). "Virginia Orr Maes (1920-1986): Biography and <Malacological Bibliography". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 139: 527-532.
- 1 2 3 Welch J. J. (2010). "The "Island Rule" and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLoS ONE 5(1): e8776. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0008776.
- Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1-1295
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