Granulifusus dondani

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

Granulifusus dondani
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Fasciolariidae
Genus: Granulifusus
Species:
G. dondani
Binomial name
Granulifusus dondani
M.A. Snyder, 2003[1]

Description

Granulifusus dondani caught in the Philippines were described by M.A. Snyder in The Journal of Conchology, in 2003. These specimens are described as 30 - 50 mm long.[3]

Distribution

Found in the western Central Pacific, near the Philippines.[4]

References

  1. Snyder. 2003. Journal of Conchology 38 (1): 87-93. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 18 April 2010.
  2. Granulifusus dondani M.A. Snyder, 2003. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 18 April 2010.
  3. Snyder, M.A. "The genera Simplicifusus and Granulifusus (Gastropoda: Fasciolariidae) with the description of two new species in Granulifusus". conchsoc.org. Conchological Society of Great Britain and Ireland. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
  4. "Granulifusus dondani Snyder, 2003". www.sealifebase.org. SeaLifeBase. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
  • Snyder M.A. 2003. The genera Simplicifusus and Granulifusus (Gastropoda: Fasciolariidae) with the description of two new species in Granulifusus. Journal of Conchology 38(1): 87-93
  • Hadorn R. & Fraussen K. 2005. Revision of the genus Granulifusus Kuroda & Habe 1954 with description of some new species (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia: Fasciolariidae). Archiv für Molluskenkunde 134 (2): 129–171.


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