Viridifusus buxeus

Viridifusus buxeus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda; clade Hypsogastropoda; clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Buccinoidea
Family:	Fasciolariidae
Subfamily:	Fusininae
Genus:	Viridifusus
Species:	V. buxeus
Binomial name
	Viridifusus buxeus; (Reeve, 1847)
Synonyms
	Fusinus buxeus (Reeve, 1847); Fusus buxeus Reeve, 1847 (basionym); Pleuroploca buxeus (Reeve, 1847);

Viridifusus buxeus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fasciolariidae, the spindle snails, the tulip snails and their allies.^[1]

Until 2012, it was a species of Fusinus.

Description

This marine species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off West Africa and the Cape Verdes.

^ ^a ^b Bouchet, P. (2012). Viridifusus buxeus (Reeve, 1847). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=607877 on 2012-08-25

Snyder M.A., Vermeij G.J. & Lyons W.G. (2012) The genera and biogeography of Fasciolariinae (Gastropoda, Neogastropoda, Fasciolariidae). Basteria 76(1-3): 31-70.

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