Goniofusus brasiliensis

Goniofusus braziliensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Fasciolariidae
Genus: Goniofusus
Species:
G. braziliensis
Binomial name
Goniofusus braziliensis
(Grabau, 1904)
Synonyms[1]
  • Fusus braziliensis Grabau, 1904
  • Fusinus braziliensis [sic] (misspelling)
  • Fusus brasiliensis Grabau, 1904 (original combination)
  • Fusus braziliensis Grabau, 1904

Goniofusus braziliensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fasciolariidae, the spindle snails, the tulip snails and their allies.[1]

Description

Shell size 90 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Brazil.

A deep water species, sometimes trawled at 70-80 m. depth.

References

  1. ^ a b Fusinus braziliensis (Grabau, 1904). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
  • Vermeij G.J. & Snyder M.A. (2018). Proposed genus-level classification of large species of Fusininae (Gastropoda, Fasciolariidae). Basteria. 82(4-6): 57-82


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