Amiantofusus gloriabundus is a species

Species

In biology, a species is one of the basic units of biological classification and a taxonomic rank. A species is often defined as a group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring. While in many cases this definition is adequate, more precise or differing measures are...

 of sea snail

Sea snail

Sea snail is a common name for those snails that normally live in saltwater, marine gastropod molluscs....

, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family

Family (biology)

In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...

 Fasciolariidae

Fasciolariidae

Fasciolariidae, common name the "tulip snails and spindle snails", is a family of small to large sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Buccinoidea....

, the spindle snails, the tulip snails and their allies.

Description

large spiraling shells, often grey or mottled red in color, sometimes with curved white sections on the shells of elder males. small spines or protrusions on the shell are common at specific points

Distribution

Amiantofusus gloriabundus are mainly found in temperate shallow waters off the coast of south America or Indonesia and other parts of the south pacific. they are also found in cooler seas off the coast of India because of the food rich waters found there.