Aulacofusus coerulescens

Aulacofusus coerulescens
Shell of Aulacofusus coerulescens (specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Buccinidae
Genus: Aulacofusus
Species:
A. coerulescens
Binomial name
Aulacofusus coerulescens
JKuroda & T. Habe, 1961

Aulacofusus coerulescens is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks.[1]

Distribution

This marine species occurs near Japan, Taiwan and the Philippines.

References

  • Habe, T. (1961). Coloured illustrations of the shells of Japan (II). Hoikusha, Osaka. xii + 183 + 42 pp., 66 pls. xii + 183 + 42 pp., 66 pl.
  • Kosyan A.R. & Kantor Yu.I. (2013). Revision of the genus Aulacofusus Dall, 1918 (Gastropoda: Buccinidae). Ruthenica: The Russian Malacological Journal. 23(1): 1-33.
  • Okutani T. (2017). Family Buccinidae. Pp. 917-939, in: T. Okutani (ed.), Marine Mollusks in Japan, ed. 2. 2 vols. Tokai University Press. 1375 pp.