- Source: Fenimorea fucata
Fenimorea fucata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Drilliidae.
Description
The size of an adult shell varies between 10 mm and 27 mm. The shell is obsoletely channeled above the periphery which is not prominently angulated. The longitudinal ribs are numerous, rounded, not prominent, not interrupted on the periphery but continuous to the suture. The shell is sometimes obsoletely spirally striated. The back of the body whorl has a peculiar hump or longitudinal varix. The shell is yellowish white, banded and maculated with yellowish or orange-brown.
Distribution
This species occurs in the benthic zone of the Caribbean Sea, the Gulf of Mexico, the Lesser Antilles and Puerto Rico; in the Atlantic Ocean from the Bahamas to Brazil at depths between 6 mm and 45 m.
This species was also found as a fossil in the strata of the Caloosahatchee Formation, Quaternary of Florida at North St Petersburg
References
Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas
Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1–1295
Coomans, H. E. "Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands: nr. 72
External links
"Fenimorea fucata fucata". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 24 October 2011.
De Jong K.M. & Coomans H.E. (1988) Marine gastropods from Curaçao, Aruba and Bonaire. Leiden: E.J. Brill. 261 pp.
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Fenimorea fucata
- Fenimorea
- Fenimorea pagodula
- Fenimorea paria
- List of the prehistoric life of Florida
- Splendrillia
- List of the Cenozoic life of Florida
- Drillia
