Kingdom Animalia Class Gastropoda Clade Hypsogastropoda Scientific name Clavatula pfefferi | Phylum Mollusca Clade Caenogastropoda Clade Neogastropoda Rank Species | |
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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
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