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Fusiturris pluteata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Clavatulidae.
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Description
The size of an adult shell varies between 25 mm and 32 mm. The shell is narrowly fusiform, with an elevated, acuminated spire and a long, narrow, twisted siphonal canal. The anal sinus is rather shallow and wide. The whorls show a shelf below the sutures, and a central revolving carina of small nodules. The color of the shell is horn-color, the nodules are white.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Madeira and West Africa (Senegal, Gabon)
References
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