Fusitriton brasiliensis

Fusitriton brasiliensis is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cymatiidae.[2]

Fusitriton brasiliensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Cymatiidae
Genus: Fusitriton
Species:
F. brasiliensis
Binomial name
Fusitriton brasiliensis
T. Cossignani & V. Cossignani, 2003[1]

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 123 mm.[3]

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 1200 m.[3] Maximum recorded depth is 1200 m.[3]

References
  1. Cossignani & Cossignani. 2003. Malacologia Mostra Mondiale, 41 : 3-10. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 27 June 2010.
  2. Fusitriton brasiliensis T. Cossignani & V. Cossignani, 2003. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 December 2018.
  3. Welch J. J. (2010). "The "Island Rule" and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLoS ONE 5(1): e8776. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0008776.


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