Filifusus filamentosus

Filifusus filamentosus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fasciolariidae, the spindle snails, the tulip snails and their allies.[1]

Filifusus filamentosus
Several views of Filifusus filamentosus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Buccinoidea
Family:	Fasciolariidae
Genus:	Filifusus
Species:	F. filamentosus
Binomial name
Filifususfilamentosus (Röding, 1798)
Synonyms[1]
Fusus filamentosa Röding, 1798 (basionym) Fasciolaria filamentosa (Röding, 1798) Pleuroploca filamentosa (Röding, 1798)

Distribution

This species occurs in the Red Sea and in the Indian Ocean off Tanzania, Madagascar and the Mascarene Basin

References

1. Bouchet, P. (2012). Filifusus filamentosus (Röding, 1798). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=607908 on 2012-08-23

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