Amiantofusus cartilago

Amiantofusus cartilago is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Fasciolariidae, the spindle snails, the tulip snails and their allies.[2]

Amiantofusus cartilago
Shell of Amiantofusus cartilago (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Buccinoidea
Family:
Fasciolariidae
Genus:
Amiantofusus
Species:
A. cartilago
Binomial name
Amiantofusus cartilago
Fraussen, Kantor & Hadorn, 2007[1]

Description

Distribution

This species is found in the Mozambique Channel, an arm of the Indian Ocean located between Madagascar and Mozambique.

References

[3]

  1. Fraussen, Kantor & Hadorn (2007). Novapex 8 (3–4) : 79–101. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 18 April 2010.
  2. Amiantofusus cartilago Fraussen, Kantor & Hadorn, 2007. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 18 April 2010.
  3. "WMSD - Worldwide mollusc species DB - Amiantofusus cartilago".


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