Barbarofusus barbarensis

Barbarofusus barbarensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Buccinoidea
Family:	Fasciolariidae
Subfamily:	Fusininae
Genus:	Barbarofusus
Species:	† B. barbarensis
Binomial name
† Barbarofusus barbarensis (Trask, 1855)
Synonyms [1]
Fusinus barbarensis(Trask, 1855) Fusus barbarensisTrask, 1855 Fusus barbarensis var. arnoldiCossman, 1903

Barbarofusus barbarensis, common name the Santa Barbara spindle, is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fasciolariidae, the spindle snails, the tulip snails and their allies. ^[2]

Distribution

Fossils of this marine species were found in Southern California.

References

1. WoRMS : Fusinus barbarensis; accessed : 25 August 2010
2. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Barbarofusus barbarensis (Trask, 1855) †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=955917 on 2020-11-29

• Callomon P. & Snyder M.A. (2017). A new genus and nine new species in the Fasciolariidae (Gastropoda: Buccinoidea) from southern California and western Mexico. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 165(1): 55-80