Fusiturricula paulettae

Fusiturricula paulettae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Drilliidae
Genus: Fusiturricula
Species: F. paulettae
Binomial name
Fusiturricula paulettae
(Princz 1978)
Synonyms

Knefastia paulettae Princz 1978

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

According to Gastropods.com it is a synonym of Fusiturricula jaquensis (Sowerby, G.B. II, 1850),[2] but it belongs to Fusiturricula according to B. Landau and C. Marques da Silva 2010

Description

The length of an adult shell attains 55 mm ; its diameter 19.9 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Gulf of Venezuela.

References


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