Aegeofusinus profetai

Aegeofusinus profetai
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Fasciolariidae
Genus:	Aegeofusinus
Species:	A. profetai
Binomial name
Aegeofusinus profetai (Nofroni, 1982)
Synonyms
Fusinus profetai Nofroni, 1982 (original combination) Latirus profetai (Nofroni, 1982)

Aegeofusinus profetai is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fasciolariidae, the spindle snails, the tulip snails and their allies.

Description

This section needs expansion. You can help by adding missing information. (April 2010)

The shell size varies between 10 mm and 14 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in European waters and in the Mediterranean Sea off Spain and Greece.

References

• Nofroni I. (1982). Fusinus profetai, new species from the Mediterranean. La Conchiglia 154-155: 8-9 page(s): p.8-9
• Buzzurro G. & Russo P. (2007). Fusinus del Mediterraneo. published by the authors, 280 p.
• Russo P. (2017). New genus Aegeofusinus (Gastropoda: Fasciolariidae) to include small endemic species of the Aegean sea. Bollettino Malacologico. 53: 63-68

External links

• "Fusinus profetai". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 25 November 2010.

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