Granulifusus balbus
Shell of Granulifusus balbus (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Buccinoidea
Family:
Fasciolariidae
Genus:
Granulifusus
Species:
G. balbus
Binomial name
Granulifusus balbus
Hadorn & Fraussen, 2005[1]

Granulifusus balbus 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 28.2 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off New Caledonia. It has been recorded on the continental slope at depths of 30m to 200m, but also has been recorded at 550m.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Hadorn & Fraussen. 2005. Archiv für Molluskenkunde, 134 (2) : 129–171. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 18 April 2010.
  2. ↑ Granulifusus balbus Hadorn & Fraussen, 2005. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 18 April 2010.
  3. ↑ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 25 May 2022.


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