Fusinus tenerifensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Fasciolariidae, the spindle snails, the tulip snails and their allies.[1]
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| Shell of Fusinus tenerifensis (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Fasciolariidae |
| Genus: | Fusinus |
| Species: | F. tenerifensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Fusinus tenerifensis Hadorn & Rolán, 1999
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Description edit
The length of the shell attains 21.8 mm.
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Distribution edit
This marine species occurs off Tenerife, Canary Islands.
References edit
- ^ Fusinus tenerifensis (Hadorn & Rolán, 1999). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
- Hadorn R. & Rolán E. (1999). Two new Fusinus (Gastropoda: Fasciolariidae) from northwest Africa and the Canary Islands, including a brief description of the type material of Fusinus crassus (Pallary, 1901). Argonauta 13(1): 39-47
- Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213.
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