Fusiturris pluteata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fusiturridae.
Description The size of an adult shell varies between 25 mm and 32 mm. The shell is narrowly fusiform, with an elevated, acuminated spire and a long, narrow, twisted siphonal canal. The anal sinus is rather shallow and wide. The whorls show a shelf below the sutures, and a central revolving carina of small nodules. The color of the shell is horn-color, the nodules are white.George Washington Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI p. 240; 1884 (described as Surcula pluteata)
Distribution This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Madeira and West Africa (Senegal, Gabon)
References
Bibliography
Bernard, P.A. (Ed.) (1984). Coquillages du Gabon [Shells of Gabon]. Pierre A. Bernard: Libreville, Gabon. 140, 75 plates pp.
External links
Specimen of Fusiturris pluteata at MNHN, Paris