Fusiturricula sunderlandi

Fusiturricula sunderlandi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[2][3]

Fusiturricula sunderlandi
Shell of Fusiturricula sunderlandi (holotype at the Smithsonian Institution)
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. sunderlandi
Binomial name
Fusiturricula sunderlandi
Petuch, 1990 [1]

Description

The shell grows to a length of 33 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the demersal zone of the Caribbean Sea off Panama at a depth of 70 m.

References

  1. Petuch, E.J. (1990) A new molluscan faunule from the Caribbean Coast of Panama. The Nautilus, 104, 57โ€“71.
  2. Fusiturricula sunderlandi Petuch, 1990. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 October 2011.
  3. P. Bouchet; Yu. I. Kantor; A. Sysoev; N. Puillandre (2011). "A new operational classification of the Conoidea (Gastropoda)". Journal of Molluscan Studies. 77 (3): 273โ€“308. doi:10.1093/mollus/eyr017.


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