Biology:Fusiturricula jaquensis

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Surinam turrid
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
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]
  • Knefastia paulettae Princz, D., 1978
  • Pleurotoma jaquensis Sowerby I, 1850
  • Surcula jaquensis (Sowerby I, 1850)

Fusiturricula jaquensis, common name the Surinam turrid, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[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

  1. 1.0 1.1 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
  2. B. Landau and C. Marques da Silva. 2010. Early Pliocene gastropods of Cubagua, Venezuela: Taxonomy, palaeobiogeography and ecostratigraphy. Palaeontos 19:1–221

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q13638527 entry