Viridifusus maximus
| Viridifusus maximus | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Buccinoidea |
| Family: | Fasciolariidae |
| Subfamily: | Fusininae |
| Genus: | Viridifusus |
| Species: | V. maximus |
| Binomial name | |
| Viridifusus maximus (G. B. Sowerby III, 1893) | |
| Synonyms | |
|
Latirus maximus G. B. Sowerby III, 1893 | |
Viridifusus maximus 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 Atlantic Ocean off the Cape Verde Archipelago.
References
- ↑ Bouchet, P. (2012). Viridifusus maximus (G.B. Sowerby III, 1893). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=607878 on 2012-08-25
- Rolán E., 2005. Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda.
- Petit R.E. (2009) George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III: their conchological publications and molluscan taxa. Zootaxa 2189: 1–218
- Snyder M.A., Vermeij G.J. & Lyons W.G. (2012) The genera and biogeography of Fasciolariinae (Gastropoda, Neogastropoda, Fasciolariidae). Basteria 76(1-3): 31-70.
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