Fusinus nicobaricus

Fusinus nicobaricus
Fusinus nicobaricus
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. nicobaricus
Binomial name
Fusinus nicobaricus
(Röding, 1798)
Synonyms[1]
  • Colus brenchleyi Baird, W., 1873
  • Fusus hemifusus Kobelt, W., 1880
  • Fusus laticostatus Deshayes, G.P., 1830
  • Fusus nicobaricus (Röding, 1798)
  • Fusus brenchleyi Baird, 1873
  • Fusinus turrispictus Hedley, C., 1917
  • Murex marmorata Röding, P.F., 1798
  • Murex variegatus Perry, 1811
  • Syrinx marmorata Röding, 1798
  • Syrinx nicobaricus Röding, 1798

Fusinus nicobaricus, common name : the Nicobar spindle, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fasciolariidae, the spindle snails, the tulip snails and their allies.[1]

Description

The shell size varies between 75 mm and 180 mm

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Bay of Bengal and in the Pacific Ocean along Japan, New South Wales, Australia, New Guinea and Hawaii.

References

  1. 1 2 Fusinus nicobaricus (Röding, 1798).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 November 2010.

External links

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