Fusiturricula jaquensis, common name the Surinam turrid, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[1]
| Surinam turrid | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Drilliidae |
| Genus: | Fusiturricula |
| Species: | F. jaquensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Fusiturricula jaquensis (Sowerby I, 1850)
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Description edit
The size of an adult shell varies between 35 mm and 85 mm.
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Distribution edit
This species occurs in the demersal zone from Colombia to Northern Brazil.
It has also been found as a fossil in Miocene strata of Venezuela; age range: 20.43 to 15.97 Ma.[2]
References edit
- ^ a b Rosenberg, G. (2015). Fusiturricula jaquensis (Sowerby I, 1850). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=532866 on 2016-10-05
- ^ B. Landau and C. Marques da Silva. 2010. Early Pliocene gastropods of Cubagua, Venezuela: Taxonomy, palaeobiogeography and ecostratigraphy. Palaeontos 19:1–221
External links edit
- "Fusiturricula jaquensis". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.