Africofusus

Africofusus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Fasciolariidae, the spindle snails, the tulip snails and their allies.[1]

Africofusus
Shell of Africofusus ocellifer
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Buccinoidea
Family: Fasciolariidae
Genus: Africofusus
Vermeij & Snyder, 2018
Type species
Fusus ocelliferus Lamarck, 1816

Species

Species within the genus Africofusus include:[1]

  • Africofusus adamsii (Kobelt, 1880)
  • Africofusus africanus (G. B. Sowerby III, 1897)
  • Africofusus cinnamomeus (Reeve, 1847)
  • Africofusus ocelliferus (Lamarck, 1816)
  • Africofusus robustior (G. B. Sowerby II, 1880)
Species brought into synonymy
  • Africofusus ocellifer (Lamarck, 1816) accepted as Africofusus ocelliferus (Lamarck, 1816) (incorrect subsequent spelling of specific epithet)

References

  1. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Africofusus Vermeij & Snyder, 2018. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1319764 on 2020-12-04
  • Vermeij G.J. & Snyder M.A. (2018). Proposed genus-level classification of large species of Fusininae (Gastropoda, Fasciolariidae). Basteria. 82(4-6): 57–82.


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