Filifusus filamentosus

Filifusus filamentosus
Several views of Filifusus filamentosus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Buccinoidea
Family: Fasciolariidae
Genus: Filifusus
Species: F. filamentosus
Binomial name
Filifususfilamentosus
(Röding, 1798)
Synonyms[1]
  • Fusus filamentosa Röding, 1798 (basionym)
  • Fasciolaria filamentosa (Röding, 1798)
  • Pleuroploca filamentosa (Röding, 1798)

Filifusus filamentosus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fasciolariidae, the spindle snails, the tulip snails and their allies.[1]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Red Sea and in the Indian Ocean off Tanzania, Madagascar and the Mascarene Basin

References

  1. 1 2 Bouchet, P. (2012). Filifusus filamentosus (Röding, 1798). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=607908 on 2012-08-23

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