Austrofusus steinmanni
| Austrofusus steinmanni | |
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| Shell of Austrofusus steinmanni (holotype at the Smithsonian Institution) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Prosiphonidae |
| Genus: | Austrofusus |
| Species: | A. steinmanni |
| Binomial name | |
| Austrofusus steinmanni (Möricke, 1896) | |
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Austrofusus steinmanni is a species of medium-sized sea snail or whelk, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Prosiphonidae.[1]
Description
[edit]The length of the shell attains 74.7 mm, its diameter 37.3 mm.[2]
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Distribution
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ Austrofusus steinmanni (Möricke, 1896). 26 February 2026. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
- ↑ Rehder, H.A. (1971). "A molluscan faunule from 200 meters off Valparaiso, Chile, with descriptions of four new species". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 83 (51): 593.
- Möricke, W. (1896). Versteinerungen der Tertiärformation von Chile. Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Geologie und Paläontologie, Beilage Band. 10: 548–612.
External links
[edit]- Nielsen, S.N. (2013). "A new Pliocene mollusk fauna from Mejillones, northern Chile". Paläontologische Zeitschrift Springer. 87: 44. doi:10.1007/s12542-012-0146-0. hdl:10533/128541.