''Fusiturris pfefferi'' is a
species of
sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for slow-moving marine gastropod molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguished from snails primarily by the ...
, a marine
gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusk in the
family Fusiturridae.
[Bouchet, P. (2016). Fusiturris pfefferi (Strebel, 1912). In: MolluscaBase (2016). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=877608 on 2016-05-31]
Description
The shell grows to a length of 45 mm.
The shiny shell has a fusiform shape and resembles ''
Tomellana hupferi''
(Strebel, 1912).The color of the shell is a bright brown. The protoconch consists of 1½
whorl
A whorl ( or ) is an individual circle, oval, volution or equivalent in a whorled pattern, which consists of a spiral or multiple concentric objects (including circles, ovals and arcs).
Whorls in nature
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s. The 11 whorls increase downwards evenly in width.
Distribution
This species occurs in the equatorial zone of the Atlantic Ocean off
Gabon.
References
Strebel, Hermann, ''Bemerkungen zu den Clavatula-Gruppen Perrona und Tomella / von Hermann Strebel''; Hamburg :Kommissionsverlag von L. Gräfe & Sillem,1912* Bernard, P.A. (Ed.) (1984). ''Coquillages du Gabon
hells of Gabon'' Pierre A. Bernard: Libreville, Gabon. 140, 75 plates pp.
* Nolf F. (2015). ''The genus Tomellana (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Clavatulidae) in West Africa: a comprehensive Survey and establishment of Fusiturris kribiensis Bozzetti, 2015 as a junior synonym''. Neptunea. 13(4): 17–37
Endemic fauna of Gabon
pfefferi
Gastropods described in 1912
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