Fusiturris undatiruga
| Fusiturris undatiruga | |
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| Drawing of Fusiturris undatiruga | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Clavatulidae |
| Genus: | Fusiturris |
| Species: | F. undatiruga |
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| Fusiturris undatiruga (Bivona Ant. in Bivona And., 1838) [1] | |
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Fusiturris undatiruga, common name the wrinkled turrid, 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 65 mm. The diameter is 16 mm. The whorls are angulated in the middle and nodulous on the angle. Above it the surface is smooth, below the nodules are continued as flexuose wrinkles or ribs, becoming evanescent towards the base of the aperture. The color of the shell is yellowish brown, with usually one or two darker bands. [3]
Distribution
This species occurs in the Mediterranean Sea and in the Atlantic Ocean along the Canaries, Gabon and Angola.
External links
- Fusiturris undatiruga at Gastropods.com
References
- ↑ Bivona-Bernardi And., 1838. Generi e specie di molluschi descritti dal Barone Antonio Bivona e Bernardi. Lavori postumi pubblicati dal figlio Andrea dottore in medicina con note ed aggiunte. Giornale di Scienze Lettere e Arti per la Sicilia 61: 211-227 [stated date march 1838]; 63: 319-324 [stated date september 1838][also as reprint, 16 pp, 1 pl., tipografia del Giornale Letterario, Palermo]
- 1 2 Fusiturris undatiruga (Bivona Ant. in Bivona And., 1838) . 24 August 2011. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
- ↑ George Washington Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI, p. 238; 1884 (described as Surcula undatiruga)
Bibliography
- Gofas, S.; Afonso, J.P.; Brandào, M. (Ed.). (S.a.). Conchas e Moluscos de Angola = Coquillages et Mollusques d'Angola. [Shells and molluscs of Angola]. Universidade Agostinho / Elf Aquitaine Angola: Angola. 140 pp.
- Bernard, P.A. (Ed.) (1984). Coquillages du Gabon [Shells of Gabon]. Pierre A. Bernard: Libreville, Gabon. 140, 75 plates pp.
- Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213
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