Hemifusus ternatanus
| Hemifusus ternatanus | |
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| Shell of Hemifusus ternatanus from Japan at the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Melongenidae |
| Genus: | Hemifusus |
| Species: | H. ternatanus |
| Binomial name | |
| Hemifusus ternatanus (Gmelin, 1791) | |
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Hemifusus ternatanus, common name Ternate False Fusus, is a species of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Melongenidae, the crown conches and their allies.
Description
Hemifusus ternatanus has a shell that reaches a length of 70 - 270 mm. The shape of this shell is slender, fusiform, with a tall spire and a long siphonal canal, but it shows high degree of geographical variations in sculpture and color. The colour is usually light brown, while the aperture is light cream to whitish.
Distribution
This species can be found in Japan, Philippines and western Pacific.