Chryseofusus

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

Chryseofusus
Chryseofusus jurgeni
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Buccinoidea
Family: Fasciolariidae
Genus: Chryseofusus
Hadorn & Fraussen, 2003
Type species
Fusus chrysodomoides
Schepman, 1911
Synonyms[1]

Fusinus (Chryseofusus) Hadorn & Fraussen, 2003

Originally a subgenus of Fusinus, Chryseofusus was raised to the rank of genus by Callomon & Snyder, 2009 [2]

Species

Species within the genus Chryseofusus include:[1]

References

  • Hadorn R. & Fraussen K. (2003). The deep-water Indo-Pacific radiation of Fusinus (Chryseofusus subgen. nov.) (Gastropoda: Fasciolariidae). Iberus 21(1):207-240
  • Fraussen K. & Stahlschmidt P. (2014). Two new Chryseofusus Hadorn & Fraussen, 2003 (Gastropoda: Fasciolariidae) from the Nazareth Bank (Mascarene Plateau). Vita Malacologica. 12: 31-35.

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