Granulifusus vermeiji

Granulifusus vermeiji is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fasciolariidae (common name the "tulip snails and spindle snails" and their allies).[2]

Granulifusus vermeiji
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Fasciolariidae
Genus: Granulifusus
Species:
G. vermeiji
Binomial name
Granulifusus vermeiji
M.A. Snyder, 2003[1]

Description

The shell size is 52 mm

Distribution

This species has been found at a depth of 100 m at Balut Island, Mindanao, Philippines

References

  • Snyder M.A. 2003. The genera Simplicifusus and Granulifusus (Gastropoda: Fasciolariidae) with the description of two new species in Granulifusus. Journal of Conchology 38(1): 87-93
  • Hadorn R. & Fraussen K. 2005. Revision of the genus Granulifusus Kuroda & Habe 1954 with description of some new species (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia: Fasciolariidae). Archiv für Molluskenkunde 134 (2): 129-171
  • "Granulifusus vermeiji". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 19 November 2010.


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