Fusiturricula bajanensis
| Fusiturricula bajanensis | |
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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. bajanensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Fusiturricula bajanensis Nowell-Usticke, 1969 [1]
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| Synonyms[2] | |
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Fusiturricula (Knefastia) bajanensis Nowell-Usticke, 1969 | |
Fusiturricula bajanensis is a species of sea snails, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Drilliidae.[2][3]
It is also considered a synonym of Fusiturricula jaquensis (G.B. II Sowerby, 1850),[4] but according to Fossilworks it is a synonym of † Fusiturricula springvaleensis Mansfield 1925 [5]
Description
[edit]The size of an adult shell varies between 35 mm and 85 mm.
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Distribution
[edit]This species occurs in the demersal zone of the Caribbean Sea off St. Croix and Barbados.
References
[edit]- ^ Nowell-Usticke, G.W. (1969) A Supplementary Listing of New Shells (Illustrated). To be Added to the Check List of the Marine Shells of St. Croix. Lane Press, Burlington, Vermont, 32 pp., 6 pls.
- ^ a b Fusiturricula bajanensis Nowell-Usticke, 1969. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 31 March 2010.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Worldwide Mollusc Species Database: Fusiturricula bajalensis
- ^ Fossilworks: Fusiturricula springvaleensis
- Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1–1295