Aulacofusus coerulescens

Aulacofusus coerulescens
Shell of Aulacofusus coerulescens (specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Buccinidae
Genus:	Aulacofusus
Species:	A. coerulescens
Binomial name
Aulacofusus coerulescens JKuroda & T. Habe, 1961

Aulacofusus coerulescens is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks. ^[1]

Distribution

This marine species occurs near Japan, Taiwan and the Philippines.

References

1. Aulacofusus coerulescens Kuroda & T. Habe, 1961 . 23 January 2026. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species .

• Habe, T. (1961). Coloured illustrations of the shells of Japan (II). Hoikusha, Osaka. xii + 183 + 42 pp., 66 pls. xii + 183 + 42 pp., 66 pl.
• Kosyan A.R. & Kantor Yu.I. (2013). Revision of the genus Aulacofusus Dall, 1918 (Gastropoda: Buccinidae). Ruthenica: The Russian Malacological Journal. 23(1): 1-33.
• Okutani T. (2017). Family Buccinidae. Pp. 917-939, in: T. Okutani (ed.), Marine Mollusks in Japan, ed. 2. 2 vols. Tokai University Press. 1375 pp.