Fusulculus crenatus

Fusulculus crenatus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Benthobiidae.[2]

Fusulculus crenatus
Shell of Fusulculus crenatus (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Olivoidea
Family:
Benthobiidae
Genus:
Fusulculus
Species:
F. crenatus
Binomial name
Fusulculus crenatus
Bouchet & Vermeij, 1998[1]

Description

The length of the shell attains 16.4 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the New Hebrides.

References
  1. Bouchet & Vermeij (1998). The Nautilus 111 (2) : 47–52. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 29 April 2010.
  2. Fusulculus crenatus Bouchet & Vermeij, 1998. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 29 April 2010.
  • Bouchet, P. & Vermeij, G., 1998. Two new deep-water Pseudolividae (Neogastropoda) from the south-west Pacific. The Nautilus 111(2): 47-52


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