Fusiturris undatiruga

Fusiturris undatiruga, common name the wrinkled turrid, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fusiturridae.[2]

Fusiturris undatiruga
Drawing of a shell of Fusiturris undatiruga
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Fusiturridae
Genus: Fusiturris
Species:
F. undatiruga
Binomial name
Fusiturris undatiruga
(Bivona Ant. in Bivona And., 1838) [1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Pleurotoma balteata Kiener, L.C., 1840
  • Pleurotoma undatiruga Bivona Ant. in Bivona And., 1838 (basionym)
  • Surcula undatiruga Bivona, 1838
  • Turris undatiruga Bivona

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 20 mm and 65 mm. The diameter is 16 mm. The whorls are angulated in the middle and nodulous on the angle. Above it the surface is smooth, below the nodules are continued as flexuose wrinkles or ribs, becoming evanescent towards the base of the aperture. The color of the shell is yellowish brown, with usually one or two darker bands.[3]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Mediterranean Sea and in the Atlantic Ocean off the Canaries, Gabon and Angola.

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
  2. Fusiturris undatiruga (Bivona Ant. in Bivona And., 1838) . 24 August 2011. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
  3. George Washington Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI, p. 238; 1884 (described as Surcula undatiruga)
  • "Fusiturris undatiruga". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.

Bibliography
  • Gofas, S.; Afonso, J.P.; Brandào, M. (Ed.). (S.a.). Conchas e Moluscos de Angola = Coquillages et Mollusques d'Angola. [Shells and molluscs of Angola]. Universidade Agostinho / Elf Aquitaine Angola: Angola. 140 pp.
  • 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
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