Fusiturricula jaquensis
Fusiturricula jaquensis, common name the Surinam turrid, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[1]
| Surinam turrid | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Drilliidae |
| Genus: | Fusiturricula |
| Species: | F. jaquensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Fusiturricula jaquensis (Sowerby I, 1850) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
| |
Description
The size of an adult shell varies between 35 mm and 85 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in the demersal zone from Colombia to Northern Brazil.
It has also been found as a fossil in Miocene strata of Venezuela; age range: 20.43 to 15.97 Ma.[2]
References
- Rosenberg, G. (2015). Fusiturricula jaquensis (Sowerby I, 1850). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=532866 on 2016-10-05
- B. Landau and C. Marques da Silva. 2010. Early Pliocene gastropods of Cubagua, Venezuela: Taxonomy, palaeobiogeography and ecostratigraphy. Palaeontos 19:1–221
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.