Viridifusus maximus

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

Viridifusus maximus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Buccinoidea
Family:
Fasciolariidae
Subfamily:
Fusininae
Genus:
Viridifusus
Species:
V. maximus
Binomial name
Viridifusus maximus
(G. B. Sowerby III, 1893)
Synonyms

Latirus maximus G. B. Sowerby III, 1893

Description

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off the Cape Verde Archipelago.[1]

References
  1. Viridifusus maximus (G. B. Sowerby III, 1893). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 10 December 2018.
  • Rolán E., 2005. Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda.
  • Petit R.E. (2009) George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III: their conchological publications and molluscan taxa. Zootaxa 2189: 1–218
  • 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.


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