Fusiturricula acra

Fusiturricula acra
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Mollusca
Class:Gastropoda
Clade:Caenogastropoda
Clade:Hypsogastropoda
Clade:Neogastropoda
Superfamily:Conoidea
Family:Drilliidae
Genus:Fusiturricula
Species: F. acra
Binomial name
Fusiturricula acra
(Woodring, 1970)
Synonyms[1]

Pleurofusia acra Woodring, 1970

Fusiturricula acra is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[1]

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 30 mm and 45 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Colombia and Venezuela.

Fossils have been found in the Gatun formation, Panama.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 Rosenberg, G. (2015). Fusiturricula acra (Woodring, 1970). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=532863 on 2016-10-03
  2. ↑ E. Petuch, A relict Neogene Caenogastropod fauna from Northern South America; Malacologia v. 20 (1980-1981)
  • Woodring, Wendell Phillips. Geology and paleontology of Canal Zone and adjoining parts of Panama; description of Tertiary mollusks (Gastropods: Eulimidae, Marginellidae to Helminthoglyptidae). No. 306-D. 1970.


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