''Fusolatirus suduirauti'' 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 ...

mollusc Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 85,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized. The number of fossil species is esti ...

in the family Fasciolariidae, the spindle snails, the tulip snails and their allies.

Description

The shell size varies between 25 mm and 50 mm

Distribution

This species is distributed in the seas off the Philippines. Fusolatirus suduiraudi 001

References

* Fraussen K. 2003. ''Two new Euthria (Gastropoda, Buccinidae) from Philippine Islands''. Gloria Maris 42(1): 22–30

External links

* Fasciolariidae Gastropods described in 2003 {{Fasciolariidae-stub