Fusiturricula iole
Species of gastropod
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Fusiturricula iole is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[1]
| Fusiturricula iole | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Drilliidae |
| Genus: | Fusiturricula |
| Species: | F. iole |
| Binomial name | |
| Fusiturricula iole Woodring, 1928 | |
Description
The size of an adult shell varies between 20 mm and 35 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in the demersal zone of the Caribbean Sea off Venezuela and Trinidad
It has also been found as a fossil in Pliocene strata of the Bowden Formation (Jamaica); age range: 3.6 to 2.588 Ma [2]