Marmorofusus wellsi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fasciolariidae, the spindle snails, the tulip snails and their allies.[2]
Marmorofusus wellsi | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Fasciolariidae |
Genus: | Marmorofusus |
Species: | M. wellsi
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Binomial name | |
Marmorofusus wellsi (Snyder, 2004)[1]
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Synonyms | |
Fusinus wellsi Snyder, 2004 (original combination) |
Distribution
editThis marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs off Western Australia, from NW of Bluff Point near Geraldton to Cape Naturaliste and to Albany; 20–221 m; Margaret River to Esperance, 30–100 m
References
edit- ^ Snyder. 2004. Molluscan Research 24(2) : 123–130. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 18 April 2010.
- ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Marmorofusus wellsi (Snyder, 2004). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1396456 on 2020-12-07
External links
edit- Snyder M.A. 2004. Two new Fusinus (Mollusca : Gastropoda : Fasciolariidae) from Western Australia. Molluscan Research 24(2): 123-130
- Lyons W.G. & Snyder M.A. (2019). Reassignments to the genus Marmorofusus Snyder & Lyons, 2014 (Neogastropoda: Fasciolariidae: Fusininae) of species from the Red Sea, Indian Ocean, and southwestern Australia. Zootaxa. 4714(1): 1-64