Fusiturricula jaquensis
| Surinam turrid | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| 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] | |
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Fusiturricula jaquensis, common name the Surinam turrid, is a species from Fusiturricula, a genus of sea snails, gastropod mollusk in the family of Drilliidae.[1]
Description
Fusiturricula Jaquensis has a spiral-shaped structure with a calcified shell, the size of an adult shell varying between 35mm to 85mm. The shell has a white color with orange streaks running through. Variables include a more conical-shape, the presence of bumps and differences in color. It has a soft, unsegmented body composed of mostly muscle.
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
- ^ a b 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
- ^ B. Landau and C. Marques da Silva. 2010. Early Pliocene gastropods of Cubagua, Venezuela: Taxonomy, palaeobiogeography and ecostratigraphy. Palaeontos 19:1–221
- Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1.
External links
- "Fusiturricula jaquensis". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.