Africofusus
Appearance
Africofusus | |
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Shell of Africofusus ocellifer | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Buccinoidea |
Family: | Fasciolariidae |
Genus: | Africofusus Vermeij & Snyder, 2018 |
Type species | |
Fusus ocelliferus Lamarck, 1816 |
Africofusus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Fasciolariidae, the spindle snails, the tulip snails and their allies.[1]
Species
[edit]Species within the genus Africofusus include:[1]
- Africofusus adamsii (Kobelt, 1880)
- Africofusus africanus (G. B. Sowerby III, 1897)
- Africofusus cinnamomeus (Reeve, 1847)
- Africofusus ocelliferus (Lamarck, 1816)
- Africofusus robustior (G. B. Sowerby II, 1880)
- Species brought into synonymy
- Africofusus ocellifer (Lamarck, 1816) accepted as Africofusus ocelliferus (Lamarck, 1816) (incorrect subsequent spelling of specific epithet)
References
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- ^ a b MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Africofusus Vermeij & Snyder, 2018. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1319764 on 2020-12-04
- Vermeij G.J. & Snyder M.A. (2018). Proposed genus-level classification of large species of Fusininae (Gastropoda, Fasciolariidae). Basteria. 82(4-6): 57–82.