''Fusiturricula bajanensis'' is a

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s, a marine

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in the

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Drilliidae The Drilliidae are a Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic family (biology), family of small predatory sea snails with high-spired shells. They are classified as marine (ocean), marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Conoidea. This family has no s ...

. It is also considered a synonym of '' Fusiturricula jaquensis'' (G.B. II Sowerby, 1850), but according to Fossilworks it is a synonym of † '' Fusiturricula springvaleensis'' Mansfield 1925 Fossilworks: ''Fusiturricula springvaleensis''
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Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 35 mm and 85 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the

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of the Caribbean Sea off

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and

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References

* Tucker, J.K. 2004 ''Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda).'' Zootaxa 682:1–1295

External links

* bajanensis Gastropods described in 1969 {{drilliidae-stub