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Fusiturricula acra

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Species of gastropod

Fusiturricula acra
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Drilliidae
Genus: Fusiturricula
Species: F. acra
Binomial name
Fusiturricula acra
(Woodring, 1970)
Synonyms

Pleurofusia acra Woodring, 1970

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

Description

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

This section needs expansion. You can help by adding to it. (October 2016)

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Colombia and Venezuela.

Fossils have been found in the Gatun formation, Panama.

References

  1. ^ 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.
Taxon identifiers
Fusiturricula acra


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