''Chryseofusus'' is a

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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 Mollusca is a phylum of protostomic invertebrate animals, whose members are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 76,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized, making it the second-largest animal phylum after Arthropoda. The ...

s in the subfamily Fusininae of the

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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. Originally a subgenus of ''

Fusinus ''Fusinus'' is a genus of small to large sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Fasciolariidae, the spindle snails and tulip snails. Fossil records This genus is known in the fossil records from the Cretaceous to the Quaternar ...

'', ''Chryseofusus'' was raised to the rank of genus by Callomon & Snyder, 2009 Paul Callomon, Martin Avery Snyder, ''On Some Fusinus from the East and South China Seas (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Fasciolariidae), with Description of a New Species'', Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 158(1):209-219. 2009

Species

Species within the genus ''Chryseofusus'' include: * ''

Chryseofusus acherusius ''Chryseofusus acherusius'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fasciolariidae, the spindle snails, the tulip snails and their allies. Description The length of the shell attains 58.2 mm. Distribution This ...

'' (Hadorn & Fraussen, 2003) * '' Chryseofusus alisae'' (Hadorn & Fraussen, 2003) * '' Chryseofusus alisonae'' (Hadorn, Snyder & Fraussen, 2008) * '' Chryseofusus artutus'' (Fraussen & Hadorn, 2003) * ''

Chryseofusus bonaespei ''Chryseofusus bonaespei'', common name the Good Hope spindle shell, 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 ...

'' (Barnard, 1959) * ''

Chryseofusus bradneri ''Chryseofusus bradneri'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fasciolariidae, the spindle snails, the tulip snails and their allies. Description The length of the shell attains 53.9 mm. Distribution This s ...

'' (Drivas & Jay, 1990) * '' Chryseofusus cadus'' (Hadorn & Fraussen, 2003) * '' Chryseofusus chrysodomoides'' (Schepman, 1911) * '' Chryseofusus dapsilis'' (Hadorn & Fraussen, 2003) * '' Chryseofusus graciliformis'' (G.B. Sowerby II, 1880) * ''

Chryseofusus hyphalus ''Chryseofusus hyphalus'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fasciolariidae, the spindle snails, the tulip snails and their allies. Description The shell size varies between 35 mm and 96 mm Distribut ...

'' (M. Smith, 1940) * '' Chryseofusus jurgeni'' (Hadorn & Fraussen, 2002) * '' Chryseofusus kazdailisi'' (Fraussen & Hadorn, 2000) * '' Chryseofusus lecourtorum'' Fraussen & Stahlschmidt, 2014 * '' Chryseofusus lorenzi'' Fraussen & Stahlschmidt, 2014 * '' Chryseofusus riscus'' (Hadorn & Fraussen, 2003) * '' Chryseofusus satsumaensis'' (Hadorn & Chino, 2005) * ''

Chryseofusus scissus ''Chryseofusus scissus'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fasciolariidae, the spindle snails, the tulip snails, and their allies. Description The length of the shell attains 33 mm. Their functional type is be ...

'' (Fraussen & Hadorn, 2003) * '' Chryseofusus subangulatus'' (Martens, 1901) * '' Chryseofusus wareni'' (Hadorn & Fraussen, 2003) * '' Chryseofusus westralis'' (Hadorn & Fraussen, 2003)

References

* Hadorn R. & Fraussen K. (2003). ''The deep-water Indo-Pacific radiation of Fusinus (Chryseofusus subgen. nov.) (Gastropoda: Fasciolariidae).'' Iberus 21(1):207-240 * Fraussen K. & Stahlschmidt P. (2014). ''Two new Chryseofusus Hadorn & Fraussen, 2003 (Gastropoda: Fasciolariidae) from the Nazareth Bank (Mascarene Plateau).'' Vita Malacologica. 12: 31–35. page(s): 32, pl. 2 figs 6a-e Fasciolariidae Gastropod genera {{Fasciolariidae-stub