Aristofusus excavatus

Fusinus excavatus
	Shell of Fusinus excavatus from Mexico at the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda; clade Hypsogastropoda; clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Buccinoidea
Family:	Fasciolariidae
Subfamily:	Fusininae
Genus:	Fusinus
Species:	F. excavatus
Binomial name
	Fusinus excavatus; (Sowerby II, 1880)
Synonyms
	Fusinus eucosmius Dall, 1889; Fusus excavatus G.B. Sowerby II, 1880

Fusinus excavatus, common name Apricot Spindle, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fasciolariidae, the spindle snails, the tulip snails and their allies.^[1]

Description

Fusinus excavatus has a shell reaching a size of 60 - 86 mm. The surface of this spindle-shaped shell is yellowish, with darker yellowish areas.

Distribution

This species can be found in southeastern United States and from the Gulf of Mexico to northeastern Brazil. It lives on sandy and mud bottoms at depths from 30 to 160 m.

References

^ ^a ^b Fusinus excavatus (Sowerby II, 1880). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 18 April 2010.

External links

Gastropods
Encyclopedia of life
John W Tunnell, Jr, Jean Andrews, Noe C. Barrera Encyclopedia of Texas Seashells: Identification, Ecology, Distribution

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[WoRMS-1] Fusinus excavatus (Sowerby II, 1880). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 18 April 2010.

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