Fusinus profetai

Fusinus profetai
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Buccinoidea
Family: Fasciolariidae
Subfamily: Peristerniinae
Genus: Fusinus
Species: F. profetai
Binomial name
Fusinus profetai
Nofroni, 1982
Synonyms[1]

Latirus profetai (Nofroni, 1982)

Fusinus profetai is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fasciolariidae, the spindle snails, the tulip snails and their allies.[1]

Description

The shell size varies between 10 mm and 14 mm

Distribution

This species is distributed in European waters and in the Mediterranean Sea along Spain and Greece.

References

  1. 1 2 Fusinus profetai Nofroni, 1982.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 November 2010.

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