''Serratifusus'' 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, 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 ...
mollusc
Mollusca is a phylum of protostome, protostomic invertebrate animals, whose members are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 76,000 extant taxon, extant species of molluscs are recognized, making it the second-largest animal phylum ...
s in the whelk
family
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Austrosiphonidae
The Austrosiphonidae are a taxonomic family of large sea snails, often known as whelks.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Austrosiphonidae Cotton & Godfrey, 1938. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecie ...
.
Species
Species within the genus ''Serratifusus'' include:
* † ''
Serratifusus craspedotus'
' (Tate, 1888)
* ''
Serratifusus excelens''
Fraussen Hadorn, 2003
* ''
Serratifusus harasewychi''
Fraussen Hadorn, 2003
* ''
Serratifusus lineatus''
Harasewych, 1991
* ''
Serratifusus sitanius''
Fraussen Hadorn, 2003
* ''
Serratifusus virginiae''
Harasewych, 1991
References
* Darragh, T.A. (1969). A revision of the family Columbariidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria. 83(1): 63–119.
* Fraussen, K.; Hadorn, R. (2003). Six new Buccinidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from New Caledonia. Novapex. 4(2-3): 33-50
External links
Tate R. (1888). The gastropods of the older Tertiary of Australia. (Part I). Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia. 10: 91-176, pls 1-13.
Austrosiphonidae
Gastropod genera
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