Fusinus sectus

Fusinus sectus
Shell of Fusinus sectus (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Fasciolariidae
Genus:	Fusinus
Species:	F. sectus
Binomial name
Fusinus sectus (Locard, 1897)
Synonyms
Fusinus sectus var. minor F. Nordsieck, 1968 Fusus sectus Locard, 1897

Fusinus sectus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Fasciolariidae, the spindle snails, the tulip snails and their allies.

Description

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The length of the shell attains 24.5 mm. Three views of a shell of Fusinus sectus, a marine gastropod species. Specimen from the collection of the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (MNHN), Paris, France.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Western Sahara.

References

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