Chryseofusus riscus

Chryseofusus riscus
Shell of Chryseofusus riscus (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Fasciolariidae
Genus: Chryseofusus
Species:
C. riscus
Binomial name
Chryseofusus riscus
(Hadorn & Fraussen, 2003)[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Fusinus (Chryseofusus) riscus (Hadorn & Fraussen, 2003)· accepted, alternate representation
  • Fusinus riscus Hdorn & Fraussen, 2003

Chryseofusus riscus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fasciolariidae, the spindle snails, the tulip snails and their allies.[2]

Description

The length of the shell attains 19.1 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off New Caledonia.

References

  1. ^ Hdorn & Fraussen. 2003. Iberus 21 (1): 207–245. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 18 April 2010.
  2. ^ a b Chryseofusus riscus (Hadorn & Fraussen, 2003). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 1 April 2010.
  • Hadorn R. & Fraussen K. (2003) The deep-water Indo-Pacific radiation of Fusinus (Chryseofusus subgen. nov.) (Gastropoda: Fasciolariidae). Iberus 21(1): 207-240


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