Biology:Viridifusus

Short description: Genus of gastropods

Viridifusus
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 Snyder, Vermeij & Lyons, 2012
Type species
Fusus buxeus Reeve, 1847

Viridifusus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Fasciolariidae, the spindle snails, the tulip snails and their allies.

They occur in the Atlantic Ocean off West Africa and the Cape Verdes.

Species

Species within the genus Viridifusus include:

• Viridifusus albinus (A. Adams, 1856)
• Viridifusus buxeus (Reeve, 1847)
• Viridifusus maximus (G.B. Sowerby III, 1893)
• Viridifusus mollis (G. B. Sowerby III, 1913)

References

• 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

External links

• Vermeij G.J. & Snyder M.A. (2018). Proposed genus-level classification of large species of Fusininae (Gastropoda, Fasciolariidae). Basteria. 82(4-6): 57-82.

Wikidata ☰ Q7934804 entry