Austrofusus steinmanni

Austrofusus steinmanni
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Prosiphonidae
Genus: Austrofusus
Species:
A. steinmanni
Binomial name
Austrofusus steinmanni
(Möricke, 1896)
Synonyms
  • Aeneator (Ellicea) loisae Rehder, 1971 · junior subjective synonym
  • Aeneator loisae Rehder, 1971 superseded combination
  • † Fusus steinmanni Möricke, 1896 superseded combination (original combination)

Austrofusus steinmanni is a species of medium-sized sea snail or whelk, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Prosiphonidae.[1]

Description

The length of the shell attains 74.7 mm, its diameter 37.3 mm.[2]

Distribution

The marine species is endemic to Chile.

References

  1. ^ Austrofusus steinmanni (Möricke, 1896). 26 February 2026. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
  2. ^ Rehder, H.A. (1971). "A molluscan faunule from 200 meters off Valparaiso, Chile, with descriptions of four new species". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 83 (51): 593.
  • Möricke, W. (1896). Versteinerungen der Tertiärformation von Chile. Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Geologie und Paläontologie, Beilage Band. 10: 548–612.
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