Fusinus verrucosus
| Fusinus verrucosus | |
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| Three views of a shell of Fusinus verrucosus (museum specimens at Naturalis Biodiversity Center) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Buccinoidea |
| Family: | Fasciolariidae |
| Subfamily: | Fusininae |
| Genus: | Fusinus |
| Species: | F. verrucosus |
| Binomial name | |
| Fusinus verrucosus (Gmelin, 1791) | |
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Fusinus verrucosus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fasciolariidae, the spindle snails, the tulip snails and their allies.[1]
Subspecies Fusinus verrucosus var. chuni Martens, 1904 is a synonym of Fusinus chuni (Martens, 1904)
Description
The length of the shell varies between 50 mm and 90 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs in the Mediterranean Sea, the Suez Canal, the Western Indian Ocean and in the Persian Gulf.
References
- 1 2 Fusinus verrucosus (Gmelin, 1791). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 18 April 2010.
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