Fusinus tenerifensis

Fusinus tenerifensis
Shell of Fusinus tenerifensis (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Fasciolariidae
Genus:	Fusinus
Species:	F. tenerifensis
Binomial name
Fusinus tenerifensis Hadorn & Rolán, 1999

Fusinus tenerifensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Fasciolariidae, the spindle snails, the tulip snails and their allies. ^[1]

Description

The length of the shell attains 21.8 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Tenerife, Canary Islands.

References

1. Fusinus tenerifensis (Hadorn & Rolán, 1999) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species .

• Hadorn R. & Rolán E. (1999). Two new Fusinus (Gastropoda: Fasciolariidae) from northwest Africa and the Canary Islands, including a brief description of the type material of Fusinus crassus (Pallary, 1901). Argonauta 13(1): 39-47
• Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213.