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Fusiturricula humerosa

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Fusiturricula humerosa
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. humerosa
Binomial name
Fusiturricula humerosa
(Gabb, 1873)

Fusiturricula humerosa 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 19 mm and 47 mm.

Distribution

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

It has also been found as a fossil in Miocene to Pliocene strata of the Gurabo Formation (Dominican Republic); age range: 7.246 to 3.6 Ma [2]

References

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  1. ^ a b Rosenberg, G. (2015). Fusiturricula humerosa (Gabb, 1873). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=532864 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 Unpublished census data from Atlantic coastal plain and circum-Caribbean Neogene assemblages and taxonomic opinions.
  • Gabb, William M. On the topography and geology of Santo Domingo. M'Calla & Stavely, printers, 1873.
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  • "Fusiturricula humerosa". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.