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Fusiturricula iole

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Fusiturricula iole
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. iole
Binomial name
Fusiturricula iole
Woodring, 1928

Fusiturricula iole is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[1]

Description

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The size of an adult shell varies between 20 mm and 35 mm.

Distribution

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This species occurs in the demersal zone of the Caribbean Sea off Venezuela and Trinidad

It has also been found as a fossil in Pliocene strata of the Bowden Formation (Jamaica); age range: 3.6 to 2.588 Ma [2]

References

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  1. ^ a b Rosenberg, G. (2015). Fusiturricula iole Woodring, 1928. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=532865 on 5 October 2016
  2. ^ A. J. W. Hendy, D. P. Buick, K. V. Bulinski, C. A. Ferguson, and A. I. Miller. 2008. Unpublished census data from Atlantic coastal plain and circum-Caribbean Neogene assemblages and taxonomic opinions.
  • W. P. Woodring. 1928. Miocene Molluscs from Bowden, Jamaica. Part 2: Gastropods and discussion of results . Contributions to the Geology and Palaeontology of the West Indies
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  • "Fusiturricula iole". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.