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Chryseofusus

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Chryseofusus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Fusininae of the family Fasciolariidae, the spindle snails, the tulip snails and their allies.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumMollusca
  3. ClassGastropoda
  4. OrderNeogastropoda
  5. FamilyFasciolariidae
Habitatmarine

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Specimen records
58
With media
52
Family
Fasciolariidae
Collections
MNHN, WAM, UF
Recorded in
Canal Du Mozambique, Australia, Mer De Chine, Philippines, Nouvelle-Caledonie, Jma Maurice/Seychelles, Ocean Indien, Madagascar

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Chryseofusus jurgeni 001.jpg
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taxon name
Chryseofusus
taxon rank
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Commons category
Chryseofusus
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Chryseofusus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Fusininae of the family Fasciolariidae, the spindle snails, the tulip snails and their allies.

Originally a subgenus of Fusinus, Chryseofusus was raised to the rank of genus by Callomon & Snyder, 2009

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