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Brunneifusus ternatanus

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Brunneifusus ternatanus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Melongenidae
Genus: Brunneifusus
Species:
B. ternatanus
Binomial name
Brunneifusus ternatanus
(Gmelin, 1791)
Synonyms
  • Brunneifusus carinifer (Habe & Kosuge, 1966)
  • Brunneifusus cariniferus (Habe & Kosuge, 1966) (incorrect spelling of specific epithet)
  • Buccinum tuba Gmelin, 1791
  • Fusus pyrulaceus Lamarck, 1816
  • Hemifusus carinifer Habe & Kosuge, 1966 (original combination)
  • Hemifusus elongatus (Lamarck, 1822)
  • Hemifusus ternatanus (Gmelin, 1791)
  • Hemifusus zhangyii Kosuge, 2008
  • Lenifusus elongatus (Lamarck, 1822)
  • Murex ternatanus Gmelin, 1791 (original combination)
  • Pugilina elongata (Lamarck, 1822)
  • Pugilina ternatanus (Gmelin, 1791)
  • Pyrula elongata Lamarck, 1822 (original combination)

Brunneifusus ternatanus, common name ternate false fusus, is a species of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Melongenidae, the crown conches and their allies.[1]

Description

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Brunneifusus ternatanus has a shell that reaches a length of 70 – 270 mm. The shape of this shell is slender, fusiform, with a tall spire and a long siphonal canal, but it shows high degree of geographical variations in sculpture and color. The colour is usually light brown, while the aperture is light cream to whitish.

Distribution

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This species can be found in Japan, Philippines and western Pacific.

References

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  1. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Brunneifusus ternatanus (Gmelin, 1791). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1310082 on 2021-02-27
  • Lamarck J.B. (1816). Liste des objets représentés dans les planches de cette livraison. In: Tableau encyclopédique et méthodique des trois règnes de la Nature. Mollusques et Polypes divers. Agasse, Paris. 16 pp.
  • Kosuge S. (2008). Description of Hemifusus zhangyii Kosuge, n. sp. (Gastropoda, Melongelidae). Bulletin of the Institute of Malacology, Tokyo. 3(9): 131-132, pl. 43
  • Dekkers A. (2018). Two new genera in the family Melongenidae from the Indo-Pacific and comments on the identity of Hemifusus zhangyii Kosuge, 2008 and Pyrula elongata Lamarck, 1822 (Gastropoda, Neogastropoda: Buccinoidea). Gloria Maris. 57(2): 40-50
  • Alf, A. & Thach, N.N. (2021). Some remarks on Lenifusus, Brunneifusus and Hemifusus and description of two new species of Hemifusus (Buccinoidea, Melongenidae). Conchylia. 52(1-2): 95-108.
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  • Landesmuseum
  • "Hemifusus ternatanus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
  • Discover Life
  • Gmelin J.F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig. pp. 3021-3910]