Plicifusus

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Plicifusus
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Plicifusus kroyeri shell
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Buccinoidea
Family: Buccinidae
Genus: Plicifusus
Dall, 1902
Type species
Murex islandicus
Mohr, 1786
Synonyms [1]
  • ParasiphoDautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1912
  • QuasisiphoPetrov, 1982

Plicifusus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks. [1]

Species

Species within the genus Plicifusus include: [1]

Species brought into synonymy

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Plicifusus Dall, 1902 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 22 March 2012.
  2. Plicifusus brunneus . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 17 April 2010.