Fusiturricula enae

Fusiturricula enae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Drilliidae
Genus: Fusiturricula
Species:
F. enae
Binomial name
Fusiturricula enae
Bartsch, 1934 [1]

Fusiturricula enae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[2][3]

Description

The shell grows to a length of 24 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the demersal zone of the Caribbean Sea and off Puerto Rico at depths between 500 m and 550 m.

References

  1. ^ Bartsch, P. (1934) Reports on the collections obtained by the first Johnson-Smithsonian deep-sea expedition to the Puerto Rican deep; new mollusks of the family Turritidae. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, 91, 1–29, 8 pls
  2. ^ a b Fusiturricula enae Bartsch, 1934. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 October 2011.
  3. ^ P. Bouchet; Yu. I. Kantor; A. Sysoev; N. Puillandre (2011). "A new operational classification of the Conoidea (Gastropoda)" (PDF). Journal of Molluscan Studies. 77 (3): 273–308. doi:10.1093/mollus/eyr017.


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