Fenimorea fucata

Fenimorea fucata
Two views of a shell of Fenimorea fucata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Clade:	Caenogastropoda
Clade:	Hypsogastropoda
Clade:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Drilliidae
Genus:	Fenimorea
Species:	F. fucata
Binomial name
Fenimorea fucata (Reeve, 1845)
Synonyms[1]
Cymatosyrinx fucata M. Smith, 1951 (spelled as furcata) Drillia fucata H. & A. Adams, 1853 Drillia (Tylotia) fucata Melvill, 1917 Drillia weldiana Tenison-Woods, J.E., 1876 Pleurotoma (Clavus) fucata G. B. Sowerby III, 1892 Pleurotoma fucata Reeve, 1845 (basionym) Pleurotoma paria Reeve, L.A., 1846 Pleurotoma (Crassispira) fucata Mörch, 1852 Splendrillia fucata Campbell et al., 1975 Splendrillia paria L.A. Reeve, 1846 Splendrillia weldiana J.E. Tenison-Woods, 1876 Splendrillia (Syntomodrillia) fucata Abbott, 1974

Fenimorea fucata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.^[1]

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. ^[2]

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 ^[3]

References

1. Fenimorea fucata (Reeve, 1845).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 October 2011.
2. G.W. Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI p. 189; 1884
3. Fossilworks: Fenimorea fucata

• 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

• Gastropods.com: Fenimorea fucata fucata; retrieved: 24 October 2011