Fusiturris pfefferi | |
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Original drawing of a shell of Fusiturris pfefferi | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Fusiturridae |
Genus: | Fusiturris |
Species: | F. pfefferi
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Binomial name | |
Fusiturris pfefferi (
Strebel, 1912)
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Synonyms [1] | |
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Fusiturris pfefferi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fusiturridae. [1] [2]
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.
This species occurs in the equatorial zone of the Atlantic Ocean off Gabon.