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Fusiturris pfefferi

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Kingdom
  
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Hypsogastropoda

Scientific name
  
Clavatula pfefferi

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Fusiturris pfefferi

Fusiturris pfefferi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Clavatulidae.

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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

Fusiturris pfefferi Wikipedia


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