Filifusus
Filifusus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Fasciolariidae, the spindle snails, the tulip snails and their allies.[1]
| Filifusus | |
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| Five views of a shell of Filifusus filamentosus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Buccinoidea |
| Family: | Fasciolariidae |
| Genus: | Filifusus Snyder, Vermeij & Lyons, 2012 |
| Type species | |
| Fusus filamentosus Röding, 1798 | |
Species
Species within the genus Filifusus include:
- Filifusus altimasta (Iredale, 1930)
- Filifusus filamentosus (Röding, 1798)
- Filifusus glaber (Dunker, 1882)
- Filifusus inermis (Jonas, 1846)
- Filifusus manuelae (Bozzetti, 2008)
References
- Bouchet, P. (2012). Filifusus Snyder, Vermeij & Lyons, 2012. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=607868 on 2012-08-23
- Snyder M.A., Vermeij G.J. & Lyons W.G. (2012) The genera and biogeography of Fasciolariinae (Gastropoda, Neogastropoda, Fasciolariidae). Basteria 76(1-3): 31-70
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