Biology:Plicifusus kroeyeri

Short description: Species of gastropod

Plicifusus kroeyeri
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Buccinoidea
Family:	Buccinidae
Genus:	Plicifusus
Species:	P. kroeyeri
Binomial name
Plicifusus kroeyeri (Möller, 1842)
Synonyms
Colus cretaceus (Reeve, 1847) Colus kroeyeri (Møller, 1842) Fusus arcticus Philippi, 1850 Fusus kroeyeri Møller, 1842 (basionym) Fusus kroeyeri var. grossestriata Aurivillius, 1885 Fusus kroeyeri var. major Mörch, 1869 Fusus kroeyeri var. pumila Mörch, 1869 Plicifusus arcticus (Philippi, 1850) Plicifusus obtustatus Golikov, in Golikov & Scarlato, 1985 Plicifusus polypleuratus (Dall, 1907) Sipho plicatus A. Adams, 1863 Tritonofusus polypleuratus Dall, 1907

Plicifusus kroeyeri is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks.

References

• Brunel, P., L. Bosse, and G. Lamarche. 1998. Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126. 405 p.
• Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213
• Hasegawa K. (2009) Upper bathyal gastropods of the Pacific coast of northern Honshu, Japan, chiefly collected by R/V Wakataka-maru. In: T. Fujita (ed.), Deep-sea fauna and pollutants off Pacific coast of northern Japan. National Museum of Nature and Science Monographs 39: 225–383
• Kosyan A.R. & Kantor Y.I. (2012) Revision of the genus Plicifusus Dall, 1902 (Gastropoda: Buccinidae). Ruthenica 22(2): 55–92

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q7204966 entry