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Austrofusus glans

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Austrofusus glans
A dorsal view of a shell of Austrofusus glans
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A. glans
Binomial name
Austrofusus glans
(Röding, 1798)
Synonyms
  • Aethocola glans (Röding, 1798)
  • Austrofusus (Austrofusus) glans (Röding, 1798)· accepted, alternate representation
  • Austrofusus glans agrestior Finlay, 1927
  • Austrofusus glans tragulatus Iredale, 1937
  • Buccinum nodosum Martyn, 1784
  • Buccinum triton Lesson, 1841
  • Drupa glans Röding, 1798 (original combination)
  • Fusus nodosus Gray, 1843
  • Fusus raphanus Lamarck, 1816
  • Siphonalia nodosa (Martyn, 1784)

Austrofusus glans is a species of medium-sized sea snail or whelk, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Prosiphonidae,[1] formerly of the family Buccinidae.[2][3]

Description

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Austrofusus glans is a medium-sized species of buccinid whelk.[2][3] The species occurs in shallow, subtidal depths down to at least 600 metres on sandy or soft-bottom sediments.[4]

Distribution

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The species is endemic to New Zealand.[3]

References

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  1. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. "Austrofusus glans (Röding, 1798)". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 7 November 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ a b Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
  3. ^ a b c Vaux, Felix; Hills, Simon F.K.; Marshall, Bruce A.; Trewick, Steven A.; Morgan-Richards, Mary (2017). "A phylogeny of Southern Hemisphere whelks (Gastropoda: Buccinulidae) and concordance with the fossil record". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 114 (2017): 367–381. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2017.06.018. PMID 28669812.
  4. ^ Willan, R.C., de C. Cook, S., Spencer, H.G., Creese, R.G., O’Shea, S., Jackson, G.D. Phylum Mollusca. In: de C. Cook, S.C. (eds.), New Zealand Coastal Marine Invertebrates 1, 395 – 396. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch, New Zealand ISBN 978-1877257-60-5