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

Fusiturris pfefferi
Original drawing of a shell of Fusiturris pfefferi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Fusiturridae
Genus: Fusiturris
Species:
F. pfefferi
Binomial name
Fusiturris pfefferi
(Strebel, 1912)
Synonyms[1]
  • Clavatula pfefferi (Strebel, 1912)
  • Tomella pfefferi Strebel, 1912 (original combination)
  • Tomellana pfefferi (Strebel, 1912)

Description

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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

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This species occurs in the equatorial zone of the Atlantic Ocean off Gabon.

References

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  1. ^ a b 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)". Journal of Molluscan Studies. 77 (3): 273–308. doi:10.1093/mollus/eyr017.