Marmorofusus philippii

Species of gastropod

Marmorofusus philippii
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Fasciolariidae
Genus:	Marmorofusus
Species:	M. philippii
Binomial name
*Marmorofusus philippii* (Jonas, 1846)
Synonyms
Fusinus dampieri Finlay, 1930 Fusinus tessellatus (G. B. Sowerby II, 1880) Fusus exilis Menke, 1843 (uncertain synonym; invalid: junior homonym of Fusus exilis Conrad, 1832; Fusinus dampieri is a replacement name) Fusus philippii Jonas, 1846 (original combination) Fusus tessellatus G. B. Sowerby II, 1880 (invalid: junior homonym of Fusus tessellatus Schubert & Wagner, 1829)

Marmorofusus philippii is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Fasciolariidae, the spindle snails, the tulip snails and their allies.^[1]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Western Australia

References

^ MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Marmorofusus philippii (Jonas, 1846). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1396453 on 2020-11-30

External links

Philippi, R. A. (1842-1850). Abbildungen und Beschreibungen neuer oder wenig gekannter Conchylien unter Mithülfe meherer deutscher Conchyliologen. Cassel, T. Fischer
Sowerby, G. B., II. (1842-1887). Thesaurus Conchyliorum: Or monographs of genera of shells. London, privately published: vol. 1: p. 1-438, pl. 1-91 [cover date 1847; vol. 2: p. 439 899, pl. 92-186 [cover date 1855]; vol. 3: p. 1-331, pl. 187-290 [cover date: 1866]; vol. 4 p. 1-110, pl. 292-423 [cover date 1880]; vol. 5: p. 1-305, pl. 424-517 [cover date 1887] - Details of dates in Petit R.E. 2009 Zootaxa 2189: 35-37]
Finlay H.J. (1930). Invalid molluscan names. No. 1. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute. 61: 37-48
Menke K.T. (1843). Molluscorum Novae Hollandiae specimen. Hannover: Libraria Aulica Hahniana. 46 pp.
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.