Fusiturris pfefferi

Fusiturris pfefferi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fusiturridae.[1][2]

Fusiturris pfefferi
Original drawing of a shell of Fusiturris pfefferi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Fusiturridae
Genus: Fusiturris
Species:
F. pfefferi
Binomial name
Fusiturris pfefferi
(Strebel, 1912)
Synonyms[1]
  • Clavatula pfefferi (Strebel, 1912)
  • Tomella pfefferi Strebel, 1912 (original combination)
  • Tomellana pfefferi (Strebel, 1912)

Description

The shell grows to a length of 45 mm.

The shiny shell has a fusiform shape and resembles Tomellana hupferi (Strebel, 1912).The color of the shell is a bright brown. The protoconch consists of 1½ whorls. The 11 whorls increase downwards evenly in width.

Distribution

This species occurs in the equatorial zone of the Atlantic Ocean off Gabon.

References

  1. Bouchet, P. (2016). Fusiturris pfefferi (Strebel, 1912). In: MolluscaBase (2016). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=877608 on 2016-05-31
  2. 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.


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