Spergo fusiformis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.[1]
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| Shell of Spergo fusiformis (specimen at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Raphitomidae |
| Genus: | Spergo |
| Species: | S. fusiformis
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| Binomial name | |
| Spergo fusiformis (Habe, 1962)
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Description
editThe length of the shell varies between 75 mm and 122 mm. The shell is fusiform, with a pointed apex and a smooth, glossy surface. The coloration is typically a light brown or beige, often with darker spiral bands.[2]
It is found in deep-sea environments, typically at depths ranging from 200 to 1000 meters. It inhabits sandy or muddy substrates where it preys on smaller invertebrates. This species is adapted to cold, high-pressure environments of the deep sea and plays a role in the benthic ecosystem as a predator.
Distribution
editThis marine species occurs off Madagascar, New Caledonia, China Sea and Japan
References
edit- ^ a b Spergo fusiforme (Habe, 1962). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.
- ^ Australia, Atlas of Living. "Species: Spergo fusiformis". bie.ala.org.au.
- Habe T. (1961). Coloured illustrations of the shells of Japan (II). Hoikusha, Osaka. xii + 183 + 42 pp., 66 pls.
- Sysoev, A.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Gastéropodes turriformes (Gastropoda: Conoidea) nouveaux ou peu connus du Sud-Ouest Pacifique = New and uncommon turriform gastropods (Gastropoda: Conoidea) from the South-West Pacific. in: Bouchet, P. et al. (Ed.) Tropical deep-sea benthos. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. Série A, Zoologie. 185: 271-320.
External links
edit- Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
- MNHN, Paris: specimen
- Criscione, F.; Hallan, A.; Fedosov, A.; Puillandre, N. (2021). Deep Downunder: Integrative taxonomy of Austrobela, Spergo, Theta and Austrotheta (Gastropoda: Conoidea: Raphitomidae) from the deep sea of Australia. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research. DOI 10.1111/jzs.12512
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