Marmorofusus tuberculatus explained

Marmorofusus tuberculatus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Fasciolariidae, the spindle snails, the tulip snails and their allies.^[1]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off East Africa and western Indian Ocean, including Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique, South Africa, Madagascar, Seychelles, Mauritius, La Réunion and Saya de Malha Bank.

References

• Bozzetti L. (2013) Fusinus tuberculatus priscai (Gastropoda: Neogastropoda: Fasciolariidae) nuova sottospecie dal Madagascar Sud-Orientale. Malacologia Mostra Mondiale 81: 13–14
• Bozzetti L. (2017). Fusinus tuberculatus fuscobandatus (Gastropoda: Neogastropoda: Fasciolariidae) nuova sottospecie dai Madagascar Sud-Occidentale. Malacologia Mostra Mondiale. 96: 35–36

External links

• Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1822). Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres. Tome septième. Paris: published by the Author, 711 pp.
• Anton, H. E. (1838). Verzeichniss der Conchylien welche sich in der Sammlung von Herrmann Eduard Anton befinden. Herausgegeben von dem Besitzer. Halle: Anton. xvi + 110 pp.
• Tapparone Canefri, C. (1875). Studio monografico sopra i Muricidi del mar Rosso. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova. 7: 569–640, pl. 19
• Lyons W.G. & Snyder M.A. (2019). Reassignments to the genus Marmorofusus Snyder & Lyons, 2014 (Neogastropoda: Fasciolariidae: Fusininae) of species from the Red Sea, Indian Ocean, and southwestern Australia. Zootaxa. 4714(1): 1–64

Notes and References

1. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Marmorofusus tuberculatus (Lamarck, 1822). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1395907 on 2021-05-12