Spergo fusiformis

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

Spergo fusiformis
Shell of Spergo fusiformis (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Raphitomidae
Genus: Spergo
Species:
S. fusiformis
Binomial name
Spergo fusiformis
(Habe, 1962)
Synonyms[1]

Pontiothauma fusiforme Habe, 1962

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

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References
  1. Spergo fusiforme (Habe, 1962). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.
  • 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.
  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
  • MNHN, Paris: specimen


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