Fusiturris pfefferi explained

Fusiturris pfefferi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fusiturridae.^{[1] [2]}

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 whorls. 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 [Shells 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

Notes and References

1. 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
2. P. Bouchet . Yu. I. Kantor . A. Sysoev . N. Puillandre . 2011 . A new operational classification of the Conoidea (Gastropoda) . . 77 . 3 . 273–308 . 10.1093/mollus/eyr017. free .