Amiantofusus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Fasciolariidae, the spindle snails, the tulip snails and their allies.[1]

Amiantofusus
Amiantofusus candoris
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Buccinoidea
Family: Fasciolariidae
Subfamily: Fusininae
Genus: Amiantofusus
Fraussen, Kantor & Hadorn, 2007
Type species
Fusus amiantus
Dall, 1889
Species

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Species

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Species within the genus Amiantofusus include:[1]

Synonyms
  • Amiantofusus candoris Fraussen, Kantor & Hadorn, 2007[8]: synonym of Amiantofusus sebalis Fraussen, Kantor & Hadorn, 2007

References

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  • Fraussen K., Kantor Y. & Hadorn R. (2007). "Amiantofusus gen. nov. for Fusus amiantus Dall, 1889 (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Fasciolariidae) with description of a new and extensive Indo-West Pacific radiation". Novapex. 8 (3–4): 79–101.