Granulifusus monsecourorum

Granulifusus monsecourorum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fasciolariidae, the spindle snails, the tulip snails and their allies.[2]

Granulifusus monsecourorum
Shell of Granulifusus monsecourorum (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Buccinoidea
Family:
Fasciolariidae
Genus:
Granulifusus
Species:
G. monsecourorum
Binomial name
Granulifusus monsecourorum
Hadorn & Fraussen, 2005[1]

Description

The length of the shell attains 12.2 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Madagascar.

References
  1. Hadorn & Fraussen. 2005. Archiv für Molluskenkunde, 134 (2) : 129-171. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 18 April 2010.
  2. Granulifusus monsecourorum Hadorn & Fraussen, 2005. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 18 April 2010.
  • 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.


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