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Fusiturricula jaquensis

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Gastropoda

Clade
  
Hypsogastropoda

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Clade
  
Caenogastropoda

Clade
  
Neogastropoda

Fusiturricula jaquensis, common name the Surinam turrid, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.

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Description

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

Distribution

This species occurs in the demersal zone from Colombia to Northern Brazil.

It has also been found as a fossil in Miocene strata of Venezuela; age range: 20.43 to 15.97 Ma

References

Fusiturricula jaquensis Wikipedia