Austrofusus glans
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| A dorsal view of a shell of Austrofusus glans | |
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Austrofusus glans is a species of medium-sized sea snail or whelk, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks.[1][2]
Description
Austrofusus glans is a medium-sized species of buccinid whelk.[1][2] The species occurs in shallow, subtidal depths down to at least 600 metres on sandy or soft-bottom sediments.[3]
Distribution
The species is endemic to New Zealand.[2]
References
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- ^ a b Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
- ^ a b c Vaux, Felix; Hills, Simon F.K.; Marshall, Bruce A.; Trewick, Steven A.; Morgan-Richards, Mary (2017). "A phylogeny of Southern Hemisphere whelks (Gastropoda: Buccinulidae) and concordance with the fossil record". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 114 (2017): 367–381. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2017.06.018. PMID 28669812.
- ^ Willan, R.C., de C. Cook, S., Spencer, H.G., Creese, R.G., O’Shea, S., Jackson, G.D. Phylum Mollusca. In: de C. Cook, S.C. (eds.), New Zealand Coastal Marine Invertebrates 1, 395 – 396. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch, New Zealand ISBN 978-1877257-60-5
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