Austrofusus glans
| Austrofusus glans | |
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| A dorsal view of a shell of Austrofusus glans | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Prosiphonidae |
| Genus: | Austrofusus |
| Species: | A. glans
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| Binomial name | |
| Austrofusus glans (Röding, 1798)
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Austrofusus glans is a species of medium-sized sea snail or whelk, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Prosiphonidae.[1]
formerly of the family Buccinidae.[2][3]
Description
Austrofusus glans is a medium-sized species of buccinid whelk.[2][3] The species occurs in shallow, subtidal depths down to at least 600 metres on sandy or soft-bottom sediments.[4]
(Described as Buccinum triton) The shell is ovate-elongate, swollen, and broad, and it is marked with transverse striations composed of very fine striae. It consists of six convex whorls, which are somewhat angled at the middle and encircled with a band of conical tubercles.
The aperture is oblong and milky in color. The outer lip has a wavy margin, and the spire is twisted, broad, and sinuous. The siphonal canal is wide and well-developed.[5]
Distribution
The marine species is endemic to New Zealand.[3]
References
- ^ Austrofusus glans (Röding, 1798). 26 February 2026. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
- ^ a b Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
- ^ a b c Vaux, Felix; Hills, Simon F.K.; Marshall, Bruce A.; Trewick, Steven A.; Morgan-Richards, Mary (2017). "A phylogeny of Southern Hemisphere whelks (Gastropoda: Buccinulidae) and concordance with the fossil record". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 114 (2017): 367–381. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2017.06.018. PMID 28669812.
- ^ Willan, R.C., de C. Cook, S., Spencer, H.G., Creese, R.G., O’Shea, S., Jackson, G.D. Phylum Mollusca. In: de C. Cook, S.C. (eds.), New Zealand Coastal Marine Invertebrates 1, 395 – 396. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch, New Zealand ISBN 978-1877257-60-5
- ^ Lesson, R.P. (1841). "Description de deux coquilles nouvelles". Revue Zoologique par la Société Cuviérienne. 4: 37. Retrieved 26 February 2026. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch.