Chryseofusus
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Chryseofusus is a genus
of sea snail
s, marine
gastropod mollusks in the family
Fasciolariidae
, the spindle snails, the tulip snails and their allies.
Originally a subgenus of Fusinus
, Chryseofusus was raised to the rank of genus by Callomon & Snyder, 2009
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of sea snail
Sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for those snails that normally live in saltwater, marine gastropod molluscs....
s, marine
Marine (ocean)
Marine is an umbrella term. As an adjective it is usually applicable to things relating to the sea or ocean, such as marine biology, marine ecology and marine geology...
gastropod mollusks 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.
Originally a subgenus of Fusinus
Fusinus
Fusinus is a genus of small to large sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Fasciolariidae, the spindle snails and tulip snaills.-Species:Species in the genus Fusinus include:...
, Chryseofusus was raised to the rank of genus by Callomon & Snyder, 2009
Species
Species within the genus Chryseofusus include:- Chryseofusus acherusius (Hadorn & Fraussen, 2003)
- Chryseofusus alisae (Hadorn & Fraussen, 2003)
- Chryseofusus artutus (Fraussen & Hadorn, 2003)
- Chryseofusus bradneri (Drivas & Jay, 1990)
- Chryseofusus cadus (Hadorn & Fraussen, 2003)
- Chryseofusus chrysodomoides (Schepman, 1911)
- Chryseofusus dapsilis (Hadorn & Fraussen, 2003)
- Chryseofusus graciliformis (G.B. Sowerby II, 1880)
- Chryseofusus hyphalus (M. Smith, 1940)
- Chryseofusus jurgeni (Hadorn & Fraussen, 2002)
- Chryseofusus kazdailisi (Fraussen & Hadorn, 2000)
- Chryseofusus riscus (Hadorn & Fraussen, 2003)
- Chryseofusus satsumaensis (Hadorn & Chino, 2005)
- Chryseofusus scissus (Fraussen & Hadorn, 2003)
- Chryseofusus subangulatus (Martens, 1901)
- Chryseofusus wareni (Hadorn & Fraussen, 2003)
- Chryseofusus westralis (Hadorn & Fraussen, 2003)