Funa latisinuata

Funa latisinuata
Shell of Funa latisinuata (specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Mollusca
Class:Gastropoda
Clade:Caenogastropoda
Clade:Hypsogastropoda
Clade:Neogastropoda
Superfamily:Conoidea
Family:Pseudomelatomidae
Genus:Funa
Species: F. latisinuata
Binomial name
Funa latisinuata
(Smith E. A., 1877)
Synonyms[1]
  • Pleurotoma latisinuata E. A. Smith, 1877 (original combination)
  • Pleurotoma (Drillia) latisinuata Smith E. A., 1877

Funa latisinuata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies.[1]

Description

The length of the shell attains 50 mm, its diameter 35 mm.

The fusiform and turreted shell contains 12 whorls. These are excavated above, carinated and angulated in the middle and below the angle obliquely plicated. The upper half of each whorl is nearly smooth, as the plications extend scarcely beyond the central large spiral liration which marks the angulation of the whorls. Sometimes, this lira being double, the whorls are less acutely angular.The color is yellowish brown, with white revolving lirae. The siphonal canal is moderately long and slightly curved. [2]

Distribution

This species occurs in the China seas and off the Andaman Islands.

References

  1. 1 2 Funa latisinuata (Smith E. A., 1877).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 April 2010.
  2. ↑ G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
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