Biology:Spergo fusiformis

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Spergo fusiformis
Spergo fusiformis 001.jpg
Shell of Spergo fusiformis (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Raphitomidae
Genus: Spergo
Species:
S. fusiformis
Binomial name
Spergo fusiformis
(Habe, 1962)
Synonyms[1]
  • Pontiothauma fusiforme Habe, 1962
  • Spergo (Speoides) fusiformis (Kuroda & Habe, 1961)

Spergo fusiformis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.[1]

Description

The length of the shell varies between 75 mm and 122 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Madagascar , New Caledonia, China Sea and Japan

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Spergo fusiforme (Habe, 1962). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.
  • Habe T. (1961). Coloured illustrations of the shells of Japan (II). Hoikusha, Osaka. xii + 183 + 42 pp., 66 pls.
  • Sysoev, A.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Gastéropodes turriformes (Gastropoda: Conoidea) nouveaux ou peu connus du Sud-Ouest Pacifique = New and uncommon turriform gastropods (Gastropoda: Conoidea) from the South-West Pacific. in: Bouchet, P. et al. (Ed.) Tropical deep-sea benthos. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. Série A, Zoologie. 185: 271-320.

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