Chryseofusus graciliformis
| Chryseofusus graciliformis | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Fasciolariidae |
| Genus: | Chryseofusus |
| Species: | C. graciliformis |
| Binomial name | |
| Chryseofusus graciliformis (G.B. Sowerby II, 1880) | |
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Chryseofusus graciliformis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fasciolariidae, the spindle snails, the tulip snails and their allies.[1]
Description
The shell attains a length of 50.2 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Somalia at a depth of 400 m.
References
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- ^ a b Chryseofusus graciliformis (G.B. Sowerby II, 1880). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 1 September 2010.
- Hadorn R. & Fraussen K. (1999) Rediscovery of Fusinus subangulatus (von Martens, 1903) and description of a new Somalian Fusinus (Gastropoda: Fasciolariidae), including some notes on the taxonomical position of the genus Siphonofusus Kuroda & Habe, 1952. Vita Marina 46(3-4): 111–122