Plicifusus minor

Plicifusus minor
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Buccinoidea
Family:	Buccinidae
Genus:	Plicifusus
Species:	P. minor
Binomial name
Plicifusus minor (Dall, 1925)
Synonyms
Colus minor(Dall, 1925) Volutopsius minorDall, 1925 (original combination)

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

This species was first described by William Healey Dall in 1925. Volutopsius minor was the original taxonomic designation, ^[2] but subsequent taxonomic revisions have reclassified it under the genus Plicifusus.

Description

The shell of Plicifusus minor can reach a length of up to 57 millimeters. Detailed morphological characteristics beyond shell length are not yet extensively documented in the available literature.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Hokkaido and Sakhalin in the Sea of Okhotsk. ^[3]

References

1. MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Plicifusus minor (Dall, 1925). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1037202 on 2022-11-20
2. "MolluscaBase - Plicifusus minor (Dall, 1925)". www.molluscabase.org. Retrieved 2025-03-27.
3. Guldin, Vladimir (2009). "Review of the Shell-bearing Gastropods in the Russian Waters of the East Sea (Sea of Japan). III. Caenogastropoda: Neogastropoda" (PDF). The Korean Journal of Malacology. 3: 4 – via Korea Science.

• Okutani T. (2017). Family Buccinidae. Pp. 917-939, in: T. Okutani (ed.), Marine Mollusks in Japan, ed. 2. 2 vols. Tokai University Press. 1375 pp.

External links

• Dall, W. H. (1925). Illustrations of unfigured types of shells in the collections of the United States National Museum. Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 66, art. 17, no. 2554: 1-41, pls. 1-36.

• Data related to Plicifusus minor at Wikispecies