Fusiturricula panola explained

Fusiturricula panola is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Drilliidae.^[1]

Description

The length of the shell attains 27.2 mm, its diameter 8.5 mm.

Distribution

This marine species has been found as a fossil in Pliocene strata of the Bowden Formation (Jamaica); age range:3.6 to 2.588 Ma ^[2]

References

• W. P. Woodring. 1928. Miocene Molluscs from Bowden, Jamaica. Part 2: Gastropods and discussion of results . Contributions to the Geology and Palaeontology of the West Indies.

Notes and References

1. http://www.fossilworks.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?a=taxonInfo&taxon_no=107131 Fossilworks: Fusiturricula panola
2. A. J. W. Hendy, D. P. Buick, K. V. Bulinski, C. A. Ferguson, and A. I. Miller. 2008. Unpublished census data from Atlantic coastal plain and circum-Caribbean Neogene assemblages and taxonomic opinions.