Granulifusus rubrolineatus

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Granulifusus rubrolineatus
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Shell of Granulifusus rubrolineatus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Fasciolariidae
Genus: Granulifusus
Species:
G. rubrolineatus
Binomial name
Granulifusus rubrolineatus
(G.B. Sowerby II, 1870)
Synonyms [1]
  • Fusinus rubrolineatus(G. B. Sowerby II, 1870)
  • Fusus rubrolineatusG.B. Sowerby II, 1870

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

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Description

The length of the shell is rarely more than 40 mm, often less than 30 mm. [2]

The shell is small and broadly spindle-shaped, sculpted with rounded axial ribs crossed by crisp spiral ridges, with fine intermediary spiral threads in between. Shell width and the prominence of axial ribs are variable. The siphonal canal is relatively short, and the inner lip is not strongly calloused. [2]

The colour of the shell ranges from dirty white to pale orange-brown, with reddish-brown spiral ridges. In some specimens, the spaces between the axial ribs are darker brown. The reddish-brown color of the spiral ridges is often interrupted where they cross the axial ribs. The aperture is glossy white. The shell is frequently encrusted with marine organisms, such as zoanthids. [2]

Distribution

These marine snails are endemic to South Africe and have been found of the eastern and southeastern coasts, at depths of mostly between 100 and 200 m, living on substrata of coarse sand. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 Granulifusus rubrolineatus (G.B. Sowerby II, 1870) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 18 April 2010.
  2. 1 2 3 Herbert, D.G., Jones, G.J. & Atkinson, L.J. (2018). Phylum Mollusca. In: Atkinson, L.J. and Sink, K.J. (eds) Field Guide to the Offshore Marine Invertebrates of South Africa. Pretoria: Malachite Marketing and Media. p. 289. doi:10.15493/SAEON.PUB.10000001. ISBN   978-1-86868-098-6 . Retrieved 17 October 2024.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) Creative Commons by-sa small.svg  This article incorporates textfrom this source, which is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license.
  3. ↑ "Species: Granulifusus rubrolineatus". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Field Museum of Natural History, Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, University of Washington Burke Museum, and University of Turku (Accessed through GBIF Data Portal. Retrieved 21 April 2011.


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