Fusinus genticus

Taxobox
name = "Fusinus genticus"


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regnum = Animalia
phylum = Mollusca
classis = Gastropoda
ordo = Sorbeoconcha
familia = Buccinidae
genus = "Fusinus"
species = "F. genticus"
binomial = "Fusinus genticus"
binomial_authority = (Iredale, 1936)

"Fusinus genticus" is a species of spindle snail, a large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Buccinidae, the spindle snails and tulip snails.

Note: Gastropod taxonomy has been in flux for many years. This is especially true currently, because of new research in molecular phylogeny. Because of all this on-going change, different reliable sources can yield very different classifications, especially within certain poorly understood groups.

Distribution

This species is endemic to New South Wales in Australia, and to Northland in the North Island of New Zealand.

Habitat

It is found in waters of about 40 m, and is sometimes accidentally caught in crayfish pots.

The shell is large but of rather light build, broadly fusiform, with a nodular carina below the middle whorl height, and a rather long straight siphonal canal.

The shell coloration is dull white with faint yellowish-brown zones, and when living, has a thick brownish-olive periostracum.

The shell height is up to 160 mm, and width up to 59 mm.

References

* Powell A W B, "New Zealand Mollusca", William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1