Fargoa bushiana

Fargoa bushiana is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.[1][2][3][4][5]

Fargoa bushiana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
Superfamily:
Pyramidelloidea
Family:
Pyramidellidae
Genus:
Fargoa
Species:
F. bushiana
Binomial name
Fargoa bushiana
(Bartsch, 1909)
Synonyms

Odostomia bushiana (Bartsch, 1909)

Description

The shell grows to a length of 3.7 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the following locations:[1]

  • Caribbean Sea
  • Colombia
  • Gulf of Mexico
  • Lesser Antilles
  • Atlantic Ocean (Massachusetts to Central Brazil)

Notes

Additional information regarding this species:[1]

  • Distribution: Cape Cod to Rhode Island; Texas

References
  1. Rosenberg, G. (2011). Fargoa bushiana (Bartsch, 1909). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=160330 on 2011-10-26
  2. ITIS database
  3. Abbott, R.T. (1974). American Seashells. 2nd ed. Van Nostrand Reinhold: New York, NY (USA). 663 pp.
  4. Rosenberg, G. 2004. Malacolog Version 3.3.2: Western Atlantic gastropod database. The Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, PA.
  5. Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.


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