Fusiturricula maesae

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Fusiturricula maesae
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Drilliidae
Genus: Fusiturricula
Species:
F. maesae
Binomial name
Fusiturricula maesae
Rios, 1985 [1]

Fusiturricula maesae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae. [2] [3]

Contents

The specific name maesae is named in honor of American malacologist Virginia Orr Maes. [4]

Distribution

The type locality is in the demersal zone off Rio de Janeiro to São Paulo, Brazil. [4] at a depth of 91 m.

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 54 mm. [5]

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 91 m. [5] Maximum recorded depth is 91 m. [5]

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References

  1. Rios E. C. (1985). Seashells of Brazil. Rio Grande do Sul, 329 pp., 102 plates. p. 133, plate 46, figure 604.
  2. Fusiturricula maesae Rios, 1985 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 25 October 2011.
  3. P. Bouchet; Yu. I. Kantor; A. Sysoev; N. Puillandre (2011). "A new operational classification of the Conoidea (Gastropoda)". Journal of Molluscan Studies . 77 (3): 273–308. doi: 10.1093/mollus/eyr017 .
  4. 1 2 Robertson R. (1987). "Virginia Orr Maes (1920-1986): Biography and <Malacological Bibliography". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 139: 527-532.
  5. 1 2 3 Welch J. J. (2010). "The "Island Rule" and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLoS ONE 5(1): e8776. doi : 10.1371/journal.pone.0008776.