Biology:Africofusus ocelliferus

Short description: Species of gastropod

Africofusus ocelliferus
Africofusus ocelliferus and operculum
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Fasciolariidae
Genus:	Africofusus
Species:	A. ocelliferus
Binomial name
Africofusus ocelliferus (Lamarck, 1816)
Synonyms
Africofusus ocellifer (Lamarck, 1816) (incorrect subsequent spelling of specific epithet) Cominella prolongata E. A. Smith, 1899 Fusinus adamsii Küster & Kobelt, 1876 Fusinus ocellifer [sic] (misspelling) Fusinus ocellifer f. adamsii Küster & Kobelt, 1876 Fusinus ocelliferus (Lamarck, 1816) Fusus adamsii Kobelt, 1876 Fusus cinnamomeus Reeve, 1847 Fusus crenulatus G. B. Sowerby II, 1880 Fusus ocellifer Lamarck, 1816 Fusus ocelliferus Lamarck, 1816 (original combination) Fusus robustior G. B. Sowerby II, 1880 Fusus rudolphi Dunker, 1871 Fusus ventricosus H. Adams, 1870 Fusus verruculatus Lamarck, 1822

Africofusus ocelliferus, common name the long-siphoned whelk, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fasciolariidae, the spindle snails, the tulip snails and their allies.

Spelling

The specific name was originally spelled "ocelliferus"; although this is not a correct latinization it is not liable to a justified emendation (cf. ICZN art. 32.5.1. "Incorrect transliteration or latinization ... are not to be considered inadvertent errors"). The spelling ocellifer is therefore an unjustified emendation, which may be traced to Kaicher, 1976 (card n^o 1857)

Distribution

This marine species occurs off South Africa .

References

• Lamarck J.B. (1816). Liste des objets représentés dans les planches de cette livraison. In: Tableau encyclopédique et méthodique des trois règnes de la Nature. Mollusques et Polypes divers. Agasse, Paris. 16 pp.

Africofusus ocelliferus, abapertural view

External links

• Branch, G.M. et al. (2002). Two Oceans. 5th impression. David Philip, Cate Town & Johannesburg.
• Lamarck [J.B.P.A. de M. de]. (1816). Tableau encyclopédique et méthodique des trois règnes de la nature, Mollusques et polypes divers. Part 23 [Livraison 84, 14 December 1816], Tome 3, pp. 1–16, pls. 391-431, 431 bis, 431 bis*, 432-488, Paris: Vve Agasse
• Smith E.A. (1899). Descriptions of new species of South African marine shells. Journal of Conchology. 9: 247-252, pl. 5

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