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Fusiturris undatiruga (Bivona Ant. ex Bivona And. 1838)

Fusiturris undatiruga

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Fusiturris undatiruga, common name the wrinkled turrid, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fusiturridae.[2]

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 20 mm and 65 mm. The diameter is 16 mm. The whorls are angulated in the middle and nodulous on the angle. Above it the surface is smooth, below the nodules are continued as flexuose wrinkles or ribs, becoming evanescent towards the base of the aperture. The color of the shell is yellowish brown, with usually one or two darker bands.[3]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Mediterranean Sea and in the Atlantic Ocean off the Canaries, Gabon and Angola.

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Fusiturris undatiruga: Brief Summary

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Fusiturris undatiruga, common name the wrinkled turrid, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fusiturridae.

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