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Granulifusus monsecourorum

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Granulifusus monsecourorum
Shell of Granulifusus monsecourorum (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Fasciolariidae
Genus: Granulifusus
Species:
G. monsecourorum
Binomial name
Granulifusus monsecourorum
Hadorn & Fraussen, 2005[1]

Granulifusus monsecourorum 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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The length of the shell attains 12.2 mm.

Distribution

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This marine species occurs off Madagascar at a depth of 240 m.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Hadorn & Fraussen. 2005. Archiv für Molluskenkunde, 134 (2) : 129-171. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 18 April 2010.
  2. ^ Granulifusus monsecourorum Hadorn & Fraussen, 2005. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 18 April 2010.
  3. ^ Hadorn, Roland; Fraussen, Koen (2005). "Revision of the genus Granulifusus Kuroda & Habe 1954, with description of some new species (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia: Fasciolariidae)". Archiv für Molluskenkunde. 134 (2): 129–171. doi:10.1127/arch.moll/0003-9284/134/129-171.