Chryseofusus graciliformis

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]

Chryseofusus graciliformis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Buccinoidea
Family:
Fasciolariidae
Subfamily:
Fusininae
Genus:
Chryseofusus
Species:
C. graciliformis
Binomial name
Chryseofusus graciliformis
(G.B. Sowerby II, 1880)
Synonyms[1]
  • Fusinus (Chryseofusus) graciliformis (G. B. Sowerby II, 1880)
  • Fusus graciliformis G.B. Sowerby II, 1880
  • Fusinus graciliformis (G.B. Sowerby II, 1880)
  • Fusus sieboldi Schepman, 1891
  • Fusinus valdiviae Hadorn & Fraussen, 1999

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
  1. 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


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