Plicifusus kroyeri

Plicifusus kroyeri
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Buccinoidea
Family:	Buccinidae
Genus:	Plicifusus
Species:	P. kroyeri
Binomial name
Plicifusus kroyeri (Möller, 1842)
Synonyms [1]
Buccinum cretaceumReeve, 1847 Colus cretaceus(Reeve, 1847) Colus kroeyeri(Møller, 1842) Colus kroyeri(Møller, 1842) · Fusus arcticus Philippi, 1850 Fusus kroeyeriMøller, 1842 (basionym) Fusus kroeyeri var. grossestriataAurivillius, 1885 Fusus kroeyeri var. majorMörch, 1869 Fusus kroeyeri var. pumilaMörch, 1869 Plicifusus arcticus(Philippi, 1850) Plicifusus obtustatusGolikov, in Golikov & Scarlato, 1985 Plicifusus polypleuratus(Dall, 1907) Sipho plicatusA. Adams, 1863 Tritonofusus polypleuratusDall, 1907

Plicifusus kroeyeri (Moeller, 1842)

Plicifusus kroyeri is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks. ^[1]

Distribution

Northern Pacific Ocean. Trawled at 300–350 m. depth, off Hokkaido, Japan.

References

1. Plicifusus kroeyeri (Möller, 1842) ) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 22 March 2012.

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