''Aegeofusinus'' is a
genus
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of
sea snail
Sea snails are slow-moving marine (ocean), marine gastropod Mollusca, molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the Taxonomic classification, taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguishe ...
s,
marine gastropod
Gastropods (), commonly known as slugs and snails, belong to a large Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...
mollusk
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s in the subfamily Fusininae of the
family
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Fasciolariidae
Fasciolariidae is a family of small to large sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Buccinoidea. Species in Fasciolariidae are commonly known as tulip snails and spindle snails.
The family Fasciolariidae most likely appeared ...
, the spindle snails, the tulip snails and their allies.
[MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Aegeofusinus Russo, 2017. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1023288 on 2020-05-07]
Species
Species within the genus ''Aegeofusinus'' include:
* ''
Aegeofusinus angeli''
(Russo & Angelidis, 2016)
* ''
Aegeofusinus eviae
''Aegeofusinus eviae'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fasciolariidae
Fasciolariidae is a family of small to large sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Buccinoidea. Species in Fasciol ...
''
(Buzzurro & Russo, 2007)
* ''
Aegeofusinus margaritae''
(Buzzurro & Russo, 2007)
* ''
Aegeofusinus patriciae''
(Russo & Olivieri, 2013)
* ''
Aegeofusinus profetai''
(Nofroni, 1982)
* ''
Aegeofusinus rolani''
(Buzzurro & Ovalis, 2005)
References
* Russo P. (2017). ''New genus Aegeofusinus (Gastropoda: Fasciolariidae) to include small endemic species of the Aegean sea.'' Bollettino Malacologico. 53: 63–68.
Gastropod genera
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