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Fusinus gallagheri

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Fusinus gallagheri
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Fasciolariidae
Genus: Fusinus
Species:
F. gallagheri
Binomial name
Fusinus gallagheri
Smythe & Chatfield, 1981

Fusinus gallagheri is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fasciolariidae, the spindle snails, the tulip snails and their allies.[1]

Description

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A small sinistral species, found intertidally. Shell size 17 mm.

Distribution

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Under rocks at low tide: Masirah island, Oman.


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