Africofusus

Africofusus
Shell of Africofusus ocellifer
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Buccinoidea
Family:	Fasciolariidae
Genus:	Africofusus Vermeij & Snyder, 2018
Type species
Fusus ocelliferus Lamarck, 1816

Africofusus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Fasciolariidae, the spindle snails, the tulip snails and their allies.

Species

Species within the genus Africofusus include:

• Africofusus adamsii (Kobelt, 1880)
• Africofusus africanus (G. B. Sowerby III, 1897)
• Africofusus cinnamomeus (Reeve, 1847)
• Africofusus ocelliferus (Lamarck, 1816)
• Africofusus robustior (G. B. Sowerby II, 1880)

Species brought into synonymy

• Africofusus ocellifer (Lamarck, 1816) accepted as Africofusus ocelliferus (Lamarck, 1816) (incorrect subsequent spelling of specific epithet)

References

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• Vermeij G.J. & Snyder M.A. (2018). Proposed genus-level classification of large species of Fusininae (Gastropoda, Fasciolariidae). Basteria. 82(4-6): 57–82.

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