Fusiturricula humerosa
Appearance
Fusiturricula humerosa | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
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.
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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
- ^ a b 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 2016-10-05}
- ^ 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 Unpublished census data from Atlantic coastal plain and circum-Caribbean Neogene assemblages and taxonomic opinions.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". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.