Fusiturris pfefferi

Fusiturris pfefferi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fusiturridae.^[1][2]

Fusiturris pfefferi
Original drawing of a shell of Fusiturris pfefferi
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Fusiturridae
Genus:	Fusiturris
Species:	F. pfefferi
Binomial name
Fusiturris pfefferi (Strebel, 1912)
Synonyms[1]
Clavatula pfefferi (Strebel, 1912) Tomella pfefferi Strebel, 1912 (original combination) Tomellana pfefferi (Strebel, 1912)

Description

The shell grows to a length of 45 mm.

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.

Distribution

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