Fusiturris similis

Fusiturris similis
a shell of Fusiturris similis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Clavatulidae
Genus: Fusiturris
Species: F. similis
Binomial name
Fusiturris similis
(Bivona Ant. in Bivona And., 1838) [1]
Synonyms[2]

Pleurotoma similis Bivona, 1838

Fusiturris similis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Clavatulidae.[2]

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 30 mm and 55 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in European waters, the Mediterranean Sea, the Atlantic Ocean along the Canaries, Cape Verde, West Africa and the equatorial zone[2]

References

  1. ↑ Bivona-Bernardi And., 1838. Generi e specie di molluschi descritti dal Barone Antonio Bivona e Bernardi. Lavori postumi pubblicati dal figlio Andrea dottore in medicina con note ed aggiunte. Giornale di Scienze Lettere e Arti per la Sicilia 61: 211-227 [stated date march 1838]; 63: 319-324 [stated date september 1838][also as reprint, 16 pp, 1 pl., tipografia del Giornale Letterario, Palermo]
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Fusiturris similis (Bivona, 1838).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.

Bibliography

  • Bernard, P.A. (Ed.) (1984). Coquillages du Gabon [Shells of Gabon]. Pierre A. Bernard: Libreville, Gabon. 140, 75 plates pp.
  • Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213
  • Rolán E., 2005. Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda.

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