Fusinus cretellai
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Fasciolariidae
Genus: Fusinus
Species:
F. cretellai
Binomial name
Fusinus cretellai
Buzzurro & Russo, 2008[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Fusinus crassus (Pallary, 1901) (preoccupied name)
  • Fusus crassus Pallary, 1902
  • Fusus crassus var. minor Pallary, 1920

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

Description

The length of the shell attains 27.8 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Tanger

References

  • Hadorn, R. & Rolàn, E., 1999. Two new Fusinus (Gastropoda: Fasciolariidae) from northwest Africa and the Canary Islands, including a brief description of the type material of Fusinus crassus (Pallary, 1901). Argonauta 13(1): 39-47


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