Marmorofusus leptorhynchus
Marmorofusus leptorhynchus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Fasciolariidae, the spindle snails, the tulip snails and their allies.[1]
| Marmorofusus leptorhynchus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Fasciolariidae |
| Genus: | Marmorofusus |
| Species: | M. leptorhynchus |
| Binomial name | |
| Marmorofusus leptorhynchus (Tapparone-Canefri, 1875) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Description
Distribution
This marine species occurs in the Red Sea: Egypt, Sinai, Gulf of Aqaba, Jordan, western Saudi Arabia south to Sudan and Eritrea.
References
- MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Marmorofusus leptorhynchus (Tapperoni Canefri, 1875). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1395904 on 2020-12-03
- Tapparone-Canefri C. (1875). Studio monografico sopra i Muricidi del mar Rosso. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova. 7: 569-640, pl. 19.
External links
- Sowerby, G. B., II. (1842-1887). Thesaurus Conchyliorum: Or monographs of genera of shells. London, privately published
- Lyons W.G. & Snyder M.A. (2019). Reassignments to the genus Marmorofusus Snyder & Lyons, 2014 (Neogastropoda: Fasciolariidae: Fusininae) of species from the Red Sea, Indian Ocean, and southwestern Australia. Zootaxa. 4714(1): 1-64
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