Aulacofusus tanagaensis

Aulacofusus tanagaensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Buccinidae
Genus: Aulacofusus
Species:
A. tanagaensis
Binomial name
Aulacofusus tanagaensis
J. H. McLean & R. N. Clark, 2023

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

Description

The length of the shell attains 54.9 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in arctic waters near Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Isl., Alaska.

References

  • McLean, James H.; Clark, Roger N. (2023). "Seven new genera and thirty-four new species of buccinoid gastropods (Neogastropoda: Buccinidae) from the Aleutian Islands, Alaska". Zootaxa. 5351 (2): 151–201 [175]. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5351.2.1.