Fusiturricula jaquensis, common name the Surinam turrid, is a species from Fusiturricula, a genus of sea snails, gastropod mollusk in the family of Drilliidae.Rosenberg, G. (2015). Fusiturricula jaquensis (Sowerby I, 1850). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=532866 on 2016-10-05
Description
Fusiturricula Jaquensis has a spiral-shaped structure with a calcified shell, the size of an adult shell varying between 35mm to 85mm. The shell has a white color with orange streaks running through. Variables include a more conical-shape, the presence of bumps and differences in color. It has a soft, unsegmented body composed of mostly muscle.
Distribution This species occurs in the demersal zone from Colombia to Northern Brazil.
It has also been found as a fossil in Miocene strata of Venezuela; age range: 20.43 to 15.97 Ma.B. Landau and C. Marques da Silva. 2010. Early Pliocene gastropods of Cubagua, Venezuela: Taxonomy, palaeobiogeography and ecostratigraphy. Palaeontos 19:1–221
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