Abstract
A new species in the gastropod genus Fasciolaria Lamarck, 1799 is described from Venezuela, where it is known to range from the Monges Islands and Gulf of Venezuela eastward to the mouth of the Orinoco River. The new taxon, Fasciolaria petuchi n. sp., was previously referred to as the taxon F. hollisteri Weisbord, 1962, which is a fossil species fromthe Pliocene MareFormation and is not applicable to the living Venezuelan shell. Fasciolaria petuchi is the fourthknown member of a species complex that ranges from Honduras to the mouth of the AmazonRiver.
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