Marmorofusus nicobaricus

Marmorofusus nicobaricus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Fasciolariidae
Genus:	Marmorofusus
Species:	M. nicobaricus
Binomial name
	Marmorofusus nicobaricus; (Röding, 1798)
Synonyms
	Fusinus nicobaricus (Röding, 1798); Fusus (Colus) brenchleyi Baird, 1873; Fusus brenchleyi Baird, 1873; Fusus nicobaricus (Röding, 1798); Marmorofusus brenchleyi (Baird, 1873); Murex marmorata Röding, P.F., 1798; Syrinx marmorata Röding, 1798; Syrinx nicobaricus Röding, 1798;

Marmorofusus nicobaricus, common name : the Nicobar spindle, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc 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

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off Japan, New South Wales, Australia, New Guinea and Hawaii.^[2]

^ ^a ^b MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Marmorofusus nicobaricus (Röding, 1798). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=828289 on 2020-12-03
^ "Fusinus (Fusinus) nicobaricus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 11 March 2017.

Callomon P. & Snyder M.A. (2019). The genus Fusinus in the northwestern Pacific. Special Publication of the Malacological Society of Japan. 4: 1-122 page(s): 79, figs 175-180
Snyder M.A. & Lyons W.G. (2014). The Fusinus nicobaricus (Röding, 1798) group: Marmarofusus gen . nov., with descriptions of three new species (Gastropoda: Fasciolariidae). Vita Malacologica. 12: 37-53