Marmorofusus nicobaricus

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

Marmorofusus nicobaricus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Fasciolariidae
Genus: Marmorofusus
Species:
M. nicobaricus
Binomial name
Marmorofusus nicobaricus
(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

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The shell size varies between 75 mm and 180 mm

Distribution

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

References

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  1. ^ a b 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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