Fusinus excavatus
| Fusinus excavatus | |
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| Shell of Fusinus excavatus from Mexico at the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Buccinoidea |
| Family: | Fasciolariidae |
| Subfamily: | Fusininae |
| Genus: | Fusinus |
| Species: | F. excavatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Fusinus excavatus (Sowerby II, 1880) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Fusinus eucosmius Dall, 1889 | |
Fusinus excavatus, common name Apricot Spindle, 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
Fusinus excavatus has a shell reaching a size of 60 - 86 mm. The surface of this spindle-shaped shell is yellowish, with darker yellowish areas.
Distribution
This species can be found in southeastern United States and from the Gulf of Mexico to northeastern Brazil. It lives on sandy and mud bottoms at depths from 30 to 160 m.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Fusinus excavatus (Sowerby II, 1880). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 18 April 2010.
External links
- Gastropods
- Encyclopedia of life
- John W Tunnell, Jr, Jean Andrews, Noe C. Barrera Encyclopedia of Texas Seashells: Identification, Ecology, Distribution