Marmorofusus polygonoides

Species of gastropod

Marmorofusus polygonoides
Shell of Marmorofusus polygonoides
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Fasciolariidae
Genus: Marmorofusus
Species:
M. polygonoides
Binomial name
Marmorofusus polygonoides
(Lamarck, 1822)
Synonyms[1]
  • Fusinus polygonoides (Lamarck, 1822)
  • Fusus biangulatus Deshayes, 1833
  • Fusus polygonoides Lamarck, 1822

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

Description

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the southern Gulf of Suez, Gulf of Aqaba, and north-central Red Sea

References

  1. ^ a b MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Marmorofusus polygonoides (Lamarck, 1822). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1395903 on 2020-12-05

External links

  • Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1822). Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres. Tome septième. Paris: published by the Author, 711 pp
  • Deshayes G.P. (1833). [Coquilles de la Mer Rouge] in L. de Laborde, Voyage de l'Arabie Pétrée par Léon de Laborde et Linant. Giard, Paris. 87 pp, 69 pl., 2 map
  • Lyons W.G. & Snyder M.A. (2019). Reassignments to the genus Marmorofusus Snyder & Lyons, 2014 (Neogastropoda: Fasciolariidae: Fusininae) of species from the Red Sea, Indian Ocean, and southwestern Australia. Zootaxa. 4714(1): 1-64
Taxon identifiers
Fusinus polygonoides


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