Fusiturris pfefferi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fusiturridae.

Description

The shell grows to a length of 45 mm.

Fusiturris pfefferi

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.

Fusiturris pfefferi

Distribution

This species occurs in the equatorial zone of the Atlantic Ocean off Gabon.

Fusiturris pfefferi

References

Strebel, Hermann, Bemerkungen zu den Clavatula-Gruppen Perrona und Tomella / von Hermann Strebel; Hamburg :Kommissionsverlag von L. Gräfe & Sillem,1912 Bernard, P.A. (Ed.) (1984). Coquillages du Gabon [Shells of Gabon]. Pierre A. Bernard: Libreville, Gabon. 140, 75 plates pp. Nolf F. (2015). The genus Tomellana (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Clavatulidae) in West Africa: a comprehensive Survey and establishment of Fusiturris kribiensis Bozzetti, 2015 as a junior synonym. Neptunea. 13(4): 17–37

Endemic fauna of Gabon

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Gastropods described in 1912