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Chryseofusus

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Chryseofusus
Chryseofusus jurgeni
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Buccinoidea
Family: Fasciolariidae
Genus: Chryseofusus
Hadorn & Fraussen, 2003
Type species
Fusus chrysodomoides
Schepman, 1911
Synonyms[1]

Fusinus (Chryseofusus) Hadorn & Fraussen, 2003

Chryseofusus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Fusininae of the family Fasciolariidae, the spindle snails, the tulip snails and their allies.[1]

Originally a subgenus of Fusinus, Chryseofusus was raised to the rank of genus by Callomon & Snyder, 2009 [2]

Species

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Species within the genus Chryseofusus include:[1]

References

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  • Hadorn R. & Fraussen K. (2003). The deep-water Indo-Pacific radiation of Fusinus (Chryseofusus subgen. nov.) (Gastropoda: Fasciolariidae). Iberus 21(1):207-240
  • Fraussen K. & Stahlschmidt P. (2014). Two new Chryseofusus Hadorn & Fraussen, 2003 (Gastropoda: Fasciolariidae) from the Nazareth Bank (Mascarene Plateau). Vita Malacologica. 12: 31–35.

page(s): 32, pl. 2 figs 6a-e

  1. ^ a b c Chryseofusus Hadorn & Fraussen, 2003. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 28 August 2012.
  2. ^ Paul Callomon, Martin Avery Snyder, On Some Fusinus from the East and South China Seas (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Fasciolariidae), with Description of a New Species, Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 158(1):209-219. 2009 doi:10.1635/053.158.0111