Biology:Granulifusus dondani

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Granulifusus dondani
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Fasciolariidae
Genus: Granulifusus
Species:
G. dondani
Binomial name
Granulifusus dondani
M.A. Snyder, 2003[1]

Granulifusus dondani 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

Granulifusus dondani caught in the Philippines were described by M.A. Snyder in The Journal of Conchology, in 2003. These specimens are described as 30 - 50 mm long.[3]

Distribution

Found in the western Central Pacific, near the Philippines.[4]

References

  • Snyder M.A. 2003. The genera Simplicifusus and Granulifusus (Gastropoda: Fasciolariidae) with the description of two new species in Granulifusus. Journal of Conchology 38(1): 87–93
  • Hadorn R. & Fraussen K. 2005. Revision of the genus Granulifusus Kuroda & Habe 1954 with description of some new species (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia: Fasciolariidae). Archiv für Molluskenkunde 134 (2): 129–171.

Wikidata ☰ Q5596739 entry