''Aristofusus'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
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 in 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 ...
.
Species
Species within the genus ''Aristofusus'' include:
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Aristofusus benjamini
''Aristofusus benjamini'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fasciolariidae, the spindle snails, the tulip snails and their allies.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Aristofusus benjamini (Hadorn, 1997). Acc ...
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(Hadorn, 1997)
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Aristofusus couei''
( Petit de la Saussaye, 1853)
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Aristofusus excavatus''
( Sowerby II, 1880)
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Aristofusus helenae''
( Bartsch, 1939)
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Aristofusus stegeri''
(Lyons, 1978)
References
Gastropod genera
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