| Fusinus meteoris | |
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| Shell of Fusinus meteoris (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Fasciolariidae |
| Genus: | Fusinus |
| Species: | F. meteoris |
| Binomial name | |
| Fusinus meteoris Gofas, 2000[1] | |
Fusinus meteoris is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fasciolariidae, the spindle snails, the tulip snails and their allies.[2]
Description
The length of the shell attains 48.8 mm.
Distribution
The holotype was found on a seamount at the Grand Banc Meteor, Northeast Atlantic Ocean.
References
- Gofas, S., 2000. Four species of the family Fasciolariidae (Gastropoda) from the north Atlantic seamounts. Journal of Conchology 37(1): 7-16
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