Brunneifusus ternatanus

Brunneifusus ternatanus, common name ternate false fusus, is a species of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Melongenidae, the crown conches and their allies.

Brunneifusus ternatanus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Melongenidae
Genus:	Brunneifusus
Species:	B. ternatanus
Binomial name
Brunneifusus ternatanus (Gmelin, 1791)
Synonyms
Brunneifusus carinifer (Habe & Kosuge, 1966) Brunneifusus cariniferus (Habe & Kosuge, 1966) (incorrect spelling of specific epithet) Buccinum tuba Gmelin, 1791 Fusus pyrulaceus Lamarck, 1816 Hemifusus carinifer Habe & Kosuge, 1966 (original combination) Hemifusus elongatus (Lamarck, 1822) Hemifusus ternatanus (Gmelin, 1791) Hemifusus zhangyii Kosuge, 2008 Lenifusus elongatus (Lamarck, 1822) Murex ternatanus Gmelin, 1791 (original combination) Pugilina elongata (Lamarck, 1822) Pugilina ternatanus (Gmelin, 1791) Pyrula elongata Lamarck, 1822 (original combination)

Description

Brunneifusus ternatanus has a shell that reaches a length of 70 – 270 mm. The shape of this shell is slender, fusiform, with a tall spire and a long siphonal canal, but it shows high degree of geographical variations in sculpture and color. The colour is usually light brown, while the aperture is light cream to whitish.

Distribution

This species can be found in Japan, Philippines and western Pacific.

References

• Lamarck J.B. (1816). Liste des objets représentés dans les planches de cette livraison. In: Tableau encyclopédique et méthodique des trois règnes de la Nature. Mollusques et Polypes divers. Agasse, Paris. 16 pp.
• Kosuge S. (2008). Description of Hemifusus zhangyii Kosuge, n. sp. (Gastropoda, Melongelidae). Bulletin of the Institute of Malacology, Tokyo. 3(9): 131-132, pl. 43
• Dekkers A. (2018). Two new genera in the family Melongenidae from the Indo-Pacific and comments on the identity of Hemifusus zhangyii Kosuge, 2008 and Pyrula elongata Lamarck, 1822 (Gastropoda, Neogastropoda: Buccinoidea). Gloria Maris. 57(2): 40-50

External links

• Landesmuseum
• "Hemifusus ternatanus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
• Discover Life
• Gmelin J.F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig. pp. 3021-3910]