Fusinus profetai

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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. 1.0 1.1 Fusinus profetai Nofroni, 1982.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 November 2010.
  • Buzzurro G. & Russo P. (2007). Fusinus del Mediterraneo. published by the authors, 280 p.

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