Fusiturricula paulettae

Fusiturricula paulettae
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	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

^ Fossilworks: Fusiturricula paulettae
^ "Fusiturricula jaquensis". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 12 January 2019.

B. Landau and C. Marques da Silva. 2010. Early Pliocene gastropods of Cubagua, Venezuela: Taxonomy, palaeobiogeography and ecostratigraphy. Palaeontos 19:1–221

External links

Daniel Princz (1978), Los Molluscos marinos del Golfo de Venezuela; Contribucion # 78 p. 70

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[1] Fossilworks: Fusiturricula paulettae

[2] "Fusiturricula jaquensis". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 12 January 2019.

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