Austrofusus glans

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Austrofusus glans
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A dorsal view of a shell of Austrofusus glans
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda

clade Hypsogastropoda

clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Buccinoidea
Family:
Buccinidae
Genus:
Austrofusus
Species:
A. glans
Binomial name
Austrofusus glans
(Röding, 1798)
Synonyms
  • Aethocola glans(Röding, 1798)
  • Austrofusus (Austrofusus) glans(Röding, 1798)· accepted, alternate representation
  • Austrofusus glans agrestiorFinlay, 1927
  • Austrofusus glans tragulatusIredale, 1937
  • Buccinum nodosum Martyn, 1784
  • Buccinum tritonLesson, 1841
  • Drupa glansRöding, 1798 (original combination)
  • Fusus nodosusGray, 1843
  • Fusus raphanusLamarck, 1816
  • Siphonalia nodosa(Martyn, 1784)

Austrofusus glans is a species of medium-sized sea snail or whelk, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks. [1] [2]

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Description

Austrofusus glans is a medium-sized species of buccinid whelk. [1] [2] The species occurs in shallow, subtidal depths down to at least 600 metres on sandy or soft-bottom sediments. [3]

Distribution

The species is endemic to New Zealand. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN   0-00-216906-1
  2. 1 2 3 Vaux, Felix; Hills, Simon F.K.; Marshall, Bruce A.; Trewick, Steven A.; Morgan-Richards, Mary (2017). "A phylogeny of Southern Hemisphere whelks (Gastropoda: Buccinulidae) and concordance with the fossil record". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 114 (2017): 367–381. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2017.06.018. PMID   28669812.
  3. ↑ Willan, R.C., de C. Cook, S., Spencer, H.G., Creese, R.G., O’Shea, S., Jackson, G.D. Phylum Mollusca. In: de C. Cook, S.C. (eds.), New Zealand Coastal Marine Invertebrates 1, 395 – 396. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch, New Zealand ISBN   978-1877257-60-5


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