Fusinus bocagei is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fasciolariidae, the spindle snails, the tulip snails and their allies.[2]

Fusinus bocagei
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Fasciolariidae
Genus: Fusinus
Species:
F. bocagei
Binomial name
Fusinus bocagei
(Fischer P., 1882)[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Fusus azoricus Dautzenberg, 1889
  • Fusus bocagei Fischer von Waldheim, 1882 (original combination)
  • Fusus bocagei var. ecaudata Locard, 1897
  • Fusus bocagei var. longicaduata Locard, 1897
  • Fusus bocagei var. major Locard, 1897
  • Fusus bocagei var. minor Locard, 1897
Subspecies
  • Fusinus bocagei bocagei (P. Fischer, 1882)
  • Fusinus bocagei marcelpini Hadorn & Ryall, 1999

Description edit

Distribution edit

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off the Iberian Peninsula.

References edit

  • Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213.
  • Sysoev A.V. (2014). Deep-sea fauna of European seas: An annotated species check-list of benthic invertebrates living deeper than 2000 m in the seas bordering Europe. Gastropoda. Invertebrate Zoology. Vol.11. No.1: 134–155
  • Rolán E., 2005. Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda

External links edit

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