Spergo fusiformis
Spergo fusiformis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.[1]
Spergo fusiformis | |
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Shell of Spergo fusiformis (specimen at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Raphitomidae |
Genus: | Spergo |
Species: | S. fusiformis |
Binomial name | |
Spergo fusiformis (Habe, 1962) | |
Synonyms[1] | |
Pontiothauma fusiforme Habe, 1962 |
Description
The length of the shell varies between 75 mm and 122 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs off Madagascar, New Caledonia, China Sea and Japan
References
- Spergo fusiforme (Habe, 1962). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.
- Sysoev, A.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Gastéropodes turriformes (Gastropoda: Conoidea) nouveaux ou peu connus du Sud-Ouest Pacifique = New and uncommon turriform gastropods (Gastropoda: Conoidea) from the South-West Pacific. in: Bouchet, P. et al. (Ed.) Tropical deep-sea benthos. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. Série A, Zoologie. 185: 271-320.
External links
- Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
- MNHN, Paris: specimen
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