Biology:Fusiturricula humerosa
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Short description: Species of gastropod
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Drilliidae |
| Genus: | Fusiturricula |
| Species: | F. humerosa
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| Binomial name | |
| Fusiturricula humerosa (Gabb, 1873)
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Fusiturricula humerosa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[1]
Description
The size of an adult shell varies between 19 mm and 47 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in the demersal zone of the Caribbean Sea off Jamaica and Venezuela
It has also been found as a fossil in Miocene to Pliocene strata of the Gurabo Formation (Dominican Republic); age range: 7.246 to 3.6 Ma [2]
References
- ↑ Rosenberg, G. (2015). Fusiturricula humerosa (Gabb, 1873). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=532864 on 5 October 2016}
- ↑ A. J. W. Hendy, D. P. Buick, K. V. Bulinski, C. A. Ferguson, and A. I. Miller. 2008. Unpublished census data from Atlantic coastal plain and circum-Caribbean Neogene assemblages and taxonomic opinions.
- Gabb, William M. On the topography and geology of Santo Domingo. M'Calla & Stavely, printers, 1873.
External links
- "Fusiturricula humerosa" (in en). Gastropods.com. http://www.gastropods.com/1/Shell_23831.shtml.
Wikidata ☰ Q13638523 entry
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