Biology:Goniofusus spectrum

Short description: Species of gastropod

Goniofusus spectrum
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Fasciolariidae
Genus:	Goniofusus
Species:	G. spectrum
Binomial name
Goniofusus spectrum (A. Adams & Reeve, 1848)
Synonyms
Fusinus panamensis Dall, 1908 Fusinus spectrum (A. Adams & Reeve, 1848) Fusinus spectrum var. albus (Philippi, 1852) Fusinus spectrum var. reeveanus (Philippi, 1850) Fusus albus (Philippi, 1852) Fusus reeveanus (Philippi, 1850) Fusus spectrum A. Adams & Reeve, 1848 Fusus spectrum var. albus Philippi, 1852 Fusus spectrum var. reeveanus Philippi, 1850

Goniofusus spectrum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fasciolariidae, the spindle snails, the tulip snails and their allies.

Distribution

Dredged at 100-180 feet in open water,
off Cocos Island, Pacific side of Costa Rica.

References

• Vermeij G.J. & Snyder M.A. (2018). Proposed genus-level classification of large species of Fusininae (Gastropoda, Fasciolariidae). Basteria. 82(4-6): 57-82.

External links

• Reeve L.A. (1847-1848). Monograph of the genus Fusus. In: Conchologia Iconica, vol. 4, pls 1-21 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London.
• all W.H. (1908). Reports on the dredging operations off the west coast of Central America to the Galapagos, to the west coast of Mexico, and in the Gulf of California, in charge of Alexander Agassiz, carried on by the U.S. Fish Commission steamer "Albatross," during 1891, Lieut.-Commander Z.L. Tanner, U.S.N., commanding. XXXVII. Reports on the scientific results of the expedition to the eastern tropical Pacific, in charge of Alexander Agassiz, by the U.S. Fish Commission steamer "Albatross", from October, 1904 to March, 1905, Lieut.-Commander L.M. Garrett, U.S.N., commanding. XIV. The Mollusca and Brachiopoda. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 43(6): 205-487, pls 1-22

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