Goniofusus spectrum

Goniofusus spectrum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Fasciolariidae
Genus:	Goniofusus
Species:	G. spectrum
Binomial name
Goniofusus spectrum (A. Adams & Reeve, 1848)
Synonyms [1]
Fusinus panamensisDall, 1908 Fusinus spectrum(A. Adams & Reeve, 1848) Fusinus spectrum var. albus(Philippi, 1852) Fusinus spectrum var. reeveanus(Philippi, 1850) Fusus albus(Philippi, 1852) Fusus reeveanus(Philippi, 1850) Fusus spectrumA. Adams & Reeve, 1848 Fusus spectrum var. albusPhilippi, 1852 Fusus spectrum var. reeveanusPhilippi, 1850

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

Distribution

Dredged at 100-180 feet in open water, off Cocos Island, Pacific side of Costa Rica.

References

1. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Goniofusus spectrum (A. Adams & Reeve, 1848). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1318026 on 2020-12-06

• Vermeij G.J. & Snyder M.A. (2018). Proposed genus-level classification of large species of Fusininae (Gastropoda, Fasciolariidae). Basteria. 82(4-6): 57-82.

External links

• Reeve L.A. (1847-1848). Monograph of the genus Fusus. In: Conchologia Iconica, vol. 4, pls 1-21 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London.
• all W.H. (1908). Reports on the dredging operations off the west coast of Central America to the Galapagos, to the west coast of Mexico, and in the Gulf of California, in charge of Alexander Agassiz, carried on by the U.S. Fish Commission steamer "Albatross," during 1891, Lieut.-Commander Z.L. Tanner, U.S.N., commanding. XXXVII. Reports on the scientific results of the expedition to the eastern tropical Pacific, in charge of Alexander Agassiz, by the U.S. Fish Commission steamer "Albatross", from October, 1904 to March, 1905, Lieut.-Commander L.M. Garrett, U.S.N., commanding. XIV. The Mollusca and Brachiopoda. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 43(6): 205-487, pls 1-22