Marmorofusus polygonoides

Marmorofusus polygonoides
Shell of Marmorofusus polygonoides
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Fasciolariidae
Genus:	Marmorofusus
Species:	M. polygonoides
Binomial name
Marmorofusus polygonoides (Lamarck, 1822)
Synonyms [1]
Fusinus polygonoides(Lamarck, 1822) Fusus biangulatusDeshayes, 1833 Fusus polygonoidesLamarck, 1822

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

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the southern Gulf of Suez, Gulf of Aqaba, and north-central Red Sea

References

1. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Marmorofusus polygonoides (Lamarck, 1822). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1395903 on 2020-12-05

External links

• Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1822). Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres. Tome septième. Paris: published by the Author, 711 pp
• Deshayes G.P. (1833). [Coquilles de la Mer Rouge] in L. de Laborde, Voyage de l'Arabie Pétrée par Léon de Laborde et Linant. Giard, Paris. 87 pp, 69 pl., 2 map
• Lyons W.G. & Snyder M.A. (2019). Reassignments to the genus Marmorofusus Snyder & Lyons, 2014 (Neogastropoda: Fasciolariidae: Fusininae) of species from the Red Sea, Indian Ocean, and southwestern Australia. Zootaxa. 4714(1): 1-64