Chryseofusus dapsilis

Chryseofusus dapsilis
Shell of Chryseofusus dapsilis (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Fasciolariidae
Genus:	Chryseofusus
Species:	C. dapsilis
Binomial name
Chryseofusus dapsilis Hadorn & Fraussen, 2003 [1]
Synonyms [1]
Fusinus (Chryseofusus) dapsilisHadorn & Fraussen, 2003 (accepted, alternate representation) Fusinus dapsilisHadorn & Fraussen, 2003

Chryseofusus dapsilis 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

The shell has a fusiform shape, with horizontal ridges along the exterior and a long aperture. Chryseofusus dapsilis grows to a shell size of 75 mm (3.0 in).

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Vietnam.

References

1. Chryseofusus dapsilis (Hadorn & Fraussen, 2003). 1 September 2010. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.

• Hadorn R. & Fraussen K. (2003) The deep-water Indo-Pacific radiation of Fusinus (Chryseofusus subgen. nov.) (Gastropoda: Fasciolariidae). Iberus 21(1): 207–240

External links

• "Chryseofusus dapsilis". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 2 November 2010.