Fusiturricula jaquensis

Surinam turrid
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. jaquensis
Binomial name
Fusiturricula jaquensis
(Sowerby I, 1850)
Synonyms[1]
  • Knefastia paulettae Princz, D., 1978
  • Pleurotoma jaquensis Sowerby I, 1850
  • Surcula jaquensis (Sowerby I, 1850)

Fusiturricula jaquensis, common name the Surinam turrid, is a species from Fusiturricula, a genus of sea snails, gastropod mollusk in the family of Drilliidae.[1]

Description

Picture of Fusiturricula Jaquensis
Fusiturricula Jaquensis

Fusiturricula Jaquensis has a spiral-shaped structure with a calcified shell, the size of an adult shell varying between 35mm to 85mm. The shell has a white color with orange streaks running through. Variables include a more conical-shape, the presence of bumps and differences in color. It has a soft, unsegmented body composed of mostly muscle.


Distribution

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

  1. ^ 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
  2. ^ B. Landau and C. Marques da Silva. 2010. Early Pliocene gastropods of Cubagua, Venezuela: Taxonomy, palaeobiogeography and ecostratigraphy. Palaeontos 19:1–221
  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1.


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