Amiantofusus amiantus

Species of gastropod

Amiantofusus amiantus

Shell of Amiantofusus amiantus (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Fasciolariidae
Genus:	Amiantofusus
Species:	A. amiantus
Binomial name
*Amiantofusus amiantus* (Dall, 1889)^[1]
Synonyms^[2]
^[2] Fusus amiantus Dall, 1889 Fusinus amiantus (Dall, 1889) Fusus grimaldii Dautzenberg & Fischer H., 1896 Fusus grimaldii var. major Locard, 1897 Meyeria decorata Locard, 1897 Meyeria decorata var. ecaudata Locard, 1897

Amiantofusus amiantus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Fasciolariidae, the spindle snails, the tulip snails and their allies.^[2]

Description

Distribution

References

^ Dall W. H. (1886–1889). Reports on the results of dredging, under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico (1877–78) and in the Caribbean Sea (1879–80), by the U. S. Coast Survey steamer "Blake", Lieut.-Commander C. D. Sigsbee, U. S. N. and Commander J. R. Bartlett, U. S. N. commanding. XXIX. Report on the Mollusca. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology Part 1 (1886). Brachiopoda and Pelecypoda 12 (6): 171–318 pl. 1-9 [Settembre. Part 2 (1889) Gastropoda and Scaphopoda 18]. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 18 April 2010.
^ ^a ^b ^c Amiantofusus amiantus (Dall, 1889). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 31 August 2010.

Locard, A., 1897 – Mollusques testacés. In: Expéditions scientifiques du Travailleur et du Talisman pendant les années 1880, 1881, 1882, 1883, vol. 1, p. 516 p, 22

External links

all W.H. 1889. Reports on the results of dredging, under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico (1877–78) and in the Caribbean Sea (1879–80), by the U.S. Coast Survey Steamer "Blake", Lieut.-Commander C.D. Sigsbee, U.S.N., and Commander J.R. Bartlett, U.S.N., commanding. XXIX. Report on the Mollusca. Part 2, Gastropoda and Scaphopoda. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College, 18: 1–492, pls. 10–40
Locard A. (1897–1898). Expéditions scientifiques du Travailleur et du Talisman pendant les années 1880, 1881, 1882 et 1883. Mollusques testacés. Paris, Masson. vol. 1 [1897], p. 1–516 pl. 1-22; vol. 2 [1898], p. 1–515, pl. 1-18
Fraussen K., Kantor Y. & Hadorn R. 2007. Amiantofusus gen. nov. for Fusus amiantus Dall, 1889 (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Fasciolariidae) with description of a new and extensive Indo-West Pacific radiation. Novapex 8 (3–4): 79–101