Barbarofusus barbarensis

Barbarofusus barbarensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Fasciolariidae
Genus: Barbarofusus
Species:
B. barbarensis
Binomial name
Barbarofusus barbarensis
(Trask, 1855)
Synonyms[1]
  • Fusinus barbarensis (Trask, 1855)
  • Fusus barbarensis Trask, 1855

Barbarofusus barbarensis, the Santa Barbara spindle, is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fasciolariidae, the spindle snails, the tulip snails and their allies.[1]

Distribution

Fossils of this marine species were found in Southern California.

References

  1. ^ a b Bieler R, Bouchet P, Gofas S, Marshall B, Rosenberg G, La Perna R, Neubauer TA, Sartori AF, Schneider S, Vos C, ter Poorten JJ, Taylor J, Dijkstra H, Finn J, Bank R, Neubert E, Moretzsohn F, Faber M, Houart R, Picton B, Garcia-Alvarez O, eds. (2026). "Barbarofusus barbarensis (Trask, 1855) †". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 11 March 2026.
  • Callomon P. & Snyder M.A. (2017). A new genus and nine new species in the Fasciolariidae (Gastropoda: Buccinoidea) from southern California and western Mexico. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 165(1): 55-80