Fusiturricula iole
Fusiturricula iole is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[1]
| Fusiturricula iole | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Drilliidae |
| Genus: | Fusiturricula |
| Species: | F. iole |
| Binomial name | |
| Fusiturricula iole Woodring, 1928 | |
Description
The size of an adult shell varies between 20 mm and 35 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in the demersal zone of the Caribbean Sea off Venezuela and Trinidad
It has also been found as a fossil in Pliocene strata of the Bowden Formation (Jamaica); age range: 3.6 to 2.588 Ma [2]
References
- Rosenberg, G. (2015). Fusiturricula iole Woodring, 1928. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=532865 on 5 October 2016
- 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 Unpublished census data from Atlantic coastal plain and circum-Caribbean Neogene assemblages and taxonomic opinions.
- W. P. Woodring. 1928. Miocene Molluscs from Bowden, Jamaica. Part 2: Gastropods and discussion of results . Contributions to the Geology and Palaeontology of the West Indies
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