Fusiturricula enae
| Fusiturricula enae | |
|---|---|
| Shell of Fusiturricula enae (from the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History collection)[1] | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Drilliidae |
| Genus: | Fusiturricula |
| Species: | F. enae
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| Binomial name | |
| Fusiturricula enae Bartsch, 1934 [2]
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Fusiturricula enae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[3][4]
Description
The shell has a spindle-like form, and a pale horn color. The colour between each "spiral" is pale chestnut brown. The first "spirals" are cusp-like, and the following become increasingly more rounded and elongated.[5] The shell grows to a length of 24 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in the demersal zone of the Caribbean Sea and off Puerto Rico at depths between 500 m and 550 m.
References
- ^ "Record Fusiturricula enae | Collections Search Center, Smithsonian Institution". collections.si.edu. Retrieved 29 December 2025.
- ^ Bartsch, P. (1934) Reports on the collections obtained by the first Johnson-Smithsonian deep-sea expedition to the Puerto Rican deep; new mollusks of the family Turritidae. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, 91, 1–29, 8 pls
- ^ a b Fusiturricula enae Bartsch, 1934. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 October 2011.
- ^ P. Bouchet; Yu. I. Kantor; A. Sysoev; N. Puillandre (2011). "A new operational classification of the Conoidea (Gastropoda)" (PDF). Journal of Molluscan Studies. 77 (3): 273–308. doi:10.1093/mollus/eyr017.
- ^ Smithsonian miscellaneous collections. Vol. 91. Smithsonian Institution. 1862. Retrieved 30 December 2025.
External links
- "Fusiturricula enae". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.