Fusiturricula bajanensis explained

Fusiturricula bajanensis is a species of sea snails, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Drilliidae.^[1]

It is also considered a synonym of Fusiturricula jaquensis (G.B. II Sowerby, 1850),^[2] but according to Fossilworks it is a synonym of † Fusiturricula springvaleensis Mansfield 1925 ^[3]

Description

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

Distribution

This species occurs in the demersal zone of the Caribbean Sea off St. Croix and Barbados.

References

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

Notes and References

1. 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 .
2. http://www.bagniliggia.it/WMSD/PDFFamily/DRILLIIDAE.pdf Worldwide Mollusc Species Database: Fusiturricula bajalensis
3. http://www.fossilworks.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?a=taxonInfo&taxon_no=188701 Fossilworks: Fusiturricula springvaleensis