Marmorofusus tuberculatus

Species of gastropod

Marmorofusus tuberculatus

Shell of Marmorofusus tuberculatus (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Buccinoidea
Family:	Fasciolariidae
Genus:	Marmorofusus
Species:	M. tuberculatus
Binomial name
*Marmorofusus tuberculatus* (Lamarck, 1822)
Synonyms
Fusinus indicus (Anton, 1838) Fusinus tuberculatus (Lamarck, 1822) Fusinus tuberculatus fuscobandatus Bozzetti, 2017 Fusinus tuberculatus priscai Bozzetti, 2013 Fusinus tuberculatus tuberculatus (Lamarck, 1822) Fusus indicus Anton, 1838 Fusus maculiferus Tapparone Canefri, 1875 Fusus tuberculatus Lamarck, 1822 (original combination)

Marmorofusus tuberculatus 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

Distribution

This marine species occurs off East Africa and western Indian Ocean, including Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique, South Africa, Madagascar, Seychelles, Mauritius, La Réunion and Saya de Malha Bank.

References

^ MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Marmorofusus tuberculatus (Lamarck, 1822). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1395907 on 2021-05-12

Bozzetti L. (2013) Fusinus tuberculatus priscai (Gastropoda: Neogastropoda: Fasciolariidae) nuova sottospecie dal Madagascar Sud-Orientale. Malacologia Mostra Mondiale 81: 13–14
Bozzetti L. (2017). Fusinus tuberculatus fuscobandatus (Gastropoda: Neogastropoda: Fasciolariidae) nuova sottospecie dai Madagascar Sud-Occidentale. Malacologia Mostra Mondiale. 96: 35–36

External links

Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1822). Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres. Tome septième. Paris: published by the Author, 711 pp.
Anton, H. E. (1838). Verzeichniss der Conchylien welche sich in der Sammlung von Herrmann Eduard Anton befinden. Herausgegeben von dem Besitzer. Halle: Anton. xvi + 110 pp.
Tapparone Canefri, C. (1875). Studio monografico sopra i Muricidi del mar Rosso. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova. 7: 569–640, pl. 19
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

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