Africofusus ocelliferus
Africofusus ocelliferus and operculum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Fasciolariidae
Genus: Africofusus
Species:
A. ocelliferus
Binomial name
Africofusus ocelliferus
(Lamarck, 1816)
Synonyms[1]
  • Africofusus ocellifer (Lamarck, 1816) (incorrect subsequent spelling of specific epithet)
  • Cominella prolongata E. A. Smith, 1899
  • Fusinus adamsii Küster & Kobelt, 1876
  • Fusinus ocellifer [sic] (misspelling)
  • Fusinus ocellifer f. adamsii Küster & Kobelt, 1876
  • Fusinus ocelliferus (Lamarck, 1816)
  • Fusus adamsii Kobelt, 1876
  • Fusus cinnamomeus Reeve, 1847
  • Fusus crenulatus G. B. Sowerby II, 1880
  • Fusus ocellifer Lamarck, 1816
  • Fusus ocelliferus Lamarck, 1816 (original combination)
  • Fusus robustior G. B. Sowerby II, 1880
  • Fusus rudolphi Dunker, 1871
  • Fusus ventricosus H. Adams, 1870
  • Fusus verruculatus Lamarck, 1822

Africofusus ocelliferus, common name the long-siphoned whelk, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fasciolariidae, the spindle snails, the tulip snails and their allies.[1]

Spelling

The specific name was originally spelled "ocelliferus"; although this is not a correct latinization it is not liable to a justified emendation (cf. ICZN art. 32.5.1. "Incorrect transliteration or latinization ... are not to be considered inadvertent errors"). The spelling ocellifer is therefore an unjustified emendation, which may be traced to Kaicher, 1976 (card no 1857) [1]

Description

Distribution

This marine species occurs off South Africa.

References

  1. 1 2 3 MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Africofusus ocelliferus (Lamarck, 1816). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1441254 on 2020-12-04
  • Lamarck J.B. (1816). Liste des objets représentés dans les planches de cette livraison. In: Tableau encyclopédique et méthodique des trois règnes de la Nature. Mollusques et Polypes divers. Agasse, Paris. 16 pp.
Africofusus ocelliferus, abapertural view


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