Filifusus

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Filifusus
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Five views of a shell of Filifusus filamentosus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Buccinoidea
Family: Fasciolariidae
Genus: Filifusus
Snyder, Vermeij & Lyons, 2012
Type species
Fusus filamentosusRöding, 1798

Filifusus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Fasciolariidae, the spindle snails, the tulip snails and their allies. [1]

Species

Species within the genus Filifusus include:

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References

  1. Bouchet, P. (2012). Filifusus Snyder, Vermeij & Lyons, 2012. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=607868 on 2012-08-23