Marmorofusus nicobaricus

Marmorofusus nicobaricus, common name : the Nicobar spindle, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fasciolariidae, the spindle snails, the tulip snails and their allies.[1]

Fusinus nicobaricus
Marmorofusus nicobaricus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Buccinoidea
Family:
Fasciolariidae
Subfamily:
Fusininae
Genus:
Marmorofusus
Species:
M. nicobaricus
Binomial name
Marmorofususnicobaricus
(Röding, 1798)
Synonyms[1]
  • Fusinus nicobaricus (Röding, 1798)
  • Fusus (Colus) brenchleyi Baird, 1873
  • Fusus brenchleyi Baird, 1873
  • Fusus nicobaricus (Röding, 1798)
  • Marmorofusus brenchleyi (Baird, 1873)
  • Murex marmorata Röding, P.F., 1798
  • Syrinx marmorata Röding, 1798
  • Syrinx nicobaricus Röding, 1798

Description

The shell size varies between 75 mm and 180 mm

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off Japan, New South Wales, Australia, New Guinea and Hawaii.[2]

References
  1. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Marmorofusus nicobaricus (Röding, 1798). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=828289 on 2020-12-03
  2. "Fusinus (Fusinus) nicobaricus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  • Callomon P. & Snyder M.A. (2019). The genus Fusinus in the northwestern Pacific. Special Publication of the Malacological Society of Japan. 4: 1-122 page(s): 79, figs 175-180
  • Snyder M.A. & Lyons W.G. (2014). The Fusinus nicobaricus (Röding, 1798) group: Marmarofusus gen . nov., with descriptions of three new species (Gastropoda: Fasciolariidae). Vita Malacologica. 12: 37-53
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