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Amiantofusus cartilago

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Amiantofusus cartilago
Shell of Amiantofusus cartilago (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Fasciolariidae
Genus: Amiantofusus
Species:
A. cartilago
Binomial name
Amiantofusus cartilago
Fraussen, Kantor & Hadorn, 2007[1]

Amiantofusus cartilago is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Fasciolariidae, the spindle snails, the tulip snails and their allies.[2]

Description

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Distribution

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This species is found in the Mozambique Channel, an arm of the Indian Ocean located between Madagascar and Mozambique.

References

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  1. ^ Fraussen, Kantor & Hadorn (2007). Novapex 8 (3–4) : 79–101. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 18 April 2010.
  2. ^ Amiantofusus cartilago Fraussen, Kantor & Hadorn, 2007. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 18 April 2010.
  3. ^ "WMSD - Worldwide mollusc species DB - Amiantofusus cartilago".
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