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Fusiturricula bajanensis

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Fusiturricula bajanensis
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. bajanensis
Binomial name
Fusiturricula bajanensis
Nowell-Usticke, 1969 [1]
Synonyms[2]

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

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The size of an adult shell varies between 35 mm and 85 mm.

Distribution

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This species occurs in the demersal zone of the Caribbean Sea off St. Croix and Barbados.

References

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ a b Fusiturricula bajanensis Nowell-Usticke, 1969. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 31 March 2010.
  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): 273–308. doi:10.1093/mollus/eyr017.
  4. ^ Worldwide Mollusc Species Database: Fusiturricula bajalensis
  5. ^ Fossilworks: Fusiturricula springvaleensis
  • Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1–1295