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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Gastropoda: Neogastropoda: Conoidea: Cochlespirinae

Fusiturricula altenai (Macsotay & Campos, 2001)


Range: 11.5°N to 6°N; 63.67°W to 54°W
Depth: 120 to 300 m
Maximum Reported Size: 73  mm

Details


Knefastia altenai Macsotay & Campos, 2001, p. 106, pl. 8, figs. 2, 5-7
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: "cuadrante A-21" [NNE of ISla Margarita], Plataforma de Margarita, Venezuela, 60-120 m
Range: 11.5°N to 6°N; 63.67°W to 54°W
Depth: 120 to 300 m
Maximum Reported Size: 73 mm
Distribution: Venezuela: Isla Margarita; Surinam
References: Macsotay & Campos (2001) DdNSEWM; Rosenberg (2003, herein) c
Comments: Compared to Knefastia paulettae, which is Fusiturricula jaquensis.


Partial List of References

Macsotay, O. and R. Campos Villarroel. 2001. Molucos representativos de la Plataforma de Margarita - Venezuela  [iii], iii, 280 pp., 32 pls. Editora Rivolta: Valencia, Venezuela. [Stated date: -- Jul 2001.]

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