Funa fraterculus

Funa fraterculus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies[1]

Funa fraterculus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Funa
Species:
F. fraterculus
Binomial name
Funa fraterculus
Kilburn, 1988

Description

The length of the shell attains 19 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Mozambique Channel.

References

  • Specimen at MNHN, Paris
  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
  • "Funa fraterculus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.


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