Fusiturricula springvaleensis

Fusiturricula springvaleensis is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.^[1]

Fusiturricula springvaleensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Drilliidae
Genus:	Fusiturricula
Species:	F. springvaleensis
Binomial name
Fusiturricula springvaleensis Mansfield 1925
Synonyms
Clavatula (Fusiturricula) bajanensis Nowell-Usticke 1969 Clavatula (Fusiturricula) pagodula Rustch 1934 Fusiturricula altenai Macsotay and Campos 2001 Fusuturricula (Kenfastia) bajanensis Nowell-Usticke 1969

Description

The shell grows to a length of 44 mm, its diameter 15 mm.

Distribution

This extinct species was found in Miocene strata of Trinidad and Tobago and in Pliocene strata of Venezuela; age range: 5.332 to 2.588 Ma.