Aristofusus

Aristofusus is a genus of sea snails in the family Fasciolariidae.[1][2]

Aristofusus
Shell of Aristofusus couei (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Family: Fasciolariidae
Genus: Aristofusus
Vermeij & Snyder, 2018
Type species
Fusus excavatus
G. B. Sowerby II, 1880

Species

Species within the genus Aristofusus include:[2]

  • Aristofusus benjamini (Hadorn, 1997)
  • Aristofusus couei (Petit de la Saussaye, 1853)
  • Aristofusus excavatus (G. B. Sowerby II, 1880)
  • Aristofusus helenae (Bartsch, 1939)
  • Aristofusus stegeri (Lyons, 1978)

References

  1. Vermeij G.J. & Snyder M.A. (2018). Proposed genus-level classification of large species of Fusininae (Gastropoda, Fasciolariidae). Basteria. 82(4-6): 57-82
  2. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Aristofusus Vermeij & Snyder, 2018. Accessed on 2020-05-27.


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