Amiantofusus pacificus
| Amiantofusus pacificus | |
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| Shell of Amiantofusus pacificus (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Fasciolariidae |
| Genus: | Amiantofusus |
| Species: | A. pacificus |
| Binomial name | |
| Amiantofusus pacificus Fraussen, Kantor & Hadorn, 2007[1] | |
Amiantofusus pacificus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Fasciolariidae, the spindle snails, the tulip snails and their allies.[2]
Description
The length of the shell attains 26.3 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs on the Norfolk Ridge and off the Austral Islands.
References
- ^ Fraussen, Kantor & Hadorn (2007). Novapex 8 (3–4) : 79–101. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 18 April 2010.
- ^ Amiantofusus pacificus Fraussen, Kantor & Hadorn, 2007. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 18 April 2010.
External links
- Specimen at MNHN, Paris
- Fraussen K., Kantor Y. & Hadorn R. 2007. Amiantofusus gen. nov. for Fusus amiantus Dall, 1889 (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Fasciolariidae) with description of a new and extensive Indo-West Pacific radiation. Novapex 8 (3–4): 79–101