Fusiturris amianta

Fusiturris amianta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Clavatulidae [1]
Genus: Fusiturris
Species: F. amianta
Binomial name
Fusiturris amianta
(Dautzenberg, 1912)
Synonyms[2]

Pleurotoma amianta Dautzenberg, 1912

Fusiturris amianta is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Clavatulidae.[2]

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 20 mm and 40 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean along Gabon.

References

  1. 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.
  2. 1 2 Fusiturris amianta (Dautzenberg, 1912).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 August 2011.

Bibliography

  • Bernard, P.A. (Ed.) (1984). Coquillages du Gabon [Shells of Gabon]. Pierre A. Bernard: Libreville, Gabon. 140, 75 plates pp.

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