| Fusiturricula maesae | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Drilliidae |
| Genus: | Fusiturricula |
| Species: | F. maesae |
| Binomial name | |
| Fusiturricula maesae Rios, 1985 | |
Fusiturricula maesae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.
The specific name maesae is named in honor of American malacologist Virginia Orr Maes.
Distribution
The type locality is in the demersal zone off Rio de Janeiro to São Paulo, Brazil. at a depth of 91 m.
Description
The maximum recorded shell length is 54 mm.
Habitat
Minimum recorded depth is 91 m. Maximum recorded depth is 91 m.
References
- Rios E. C. (1985). Seashells of Brazil. Rio Grande do Sul, 329 pp., 102 plates. p. 133, plate 46, figure 604.
- ^ Fusiturricula maesae Rios, 1985. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 October 2011.
- P. Bouchet; Yu. I. Kantor; A. Sysoev; N. Puillandre (2011). "A new operational classification of the Conoidea (Gastropoda)". Journal of Molluscan Studies. 77 (3): 273–308. doi:10.1093/mollus/eyr017.
- ^ Robertson R. (1987). "Virginia Orr Maes (1920-1986): Biography and <Malacological Bibliography". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 139: 527-532.
- ^ Welch J. J. (2010). "The "Island Rule" and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLoS ONE 5(1): e8776. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0008776.
External links
- "Fusiturricula maesae". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Fusiturricula maesae | |