Aulacofusus coerulescens
| Aulacofusus coerulescens | |
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| 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
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| Binomial name | |
| Aulacofusus coerulescens JKuroda & T. Habe, 1961
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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
- ^ a b Aulacofusus coerulescens Kuroda & T. Habe, 1961. 23 January 2026. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
- 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.