Famelica bitrudis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.[1]

Famelica bitrudis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Raphitomidae
Genus: Famelica
Species:
F. bitrudis
Binomial name
Famelica bitrudis
(Barnard, 1963)
Synonyms[1]

Daphnella bitrudis Barnard, 1963

Description

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The length of the shell attains 15.2 mm, its diameter 3.4 mm.

Distribution

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This marine species occurs off South Africa.

References

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  1. ^ a b Famelica bitrudis (Barnard, 1963). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.
  • Barnard, K. H. 1963, Deep sea Moliusca from west of Cape Point, South Africa. Annals of the South African Museum 46:407-452.
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  • Biolib.cz: image
  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
  • Sysoev, A.V., 1996. Taxonomic notes on South African Deep-Sea Conoidean Gastropods (Gastropoda: Conoidea) described by K.H. Barnard, 1963 . Nautilus1, 110:22-29