Fusiaphera
Encyclopedia
Fusiaphera is a genus
of sea snail
s, marine gastropod mollusks in the family
Cancellariidae
, the nutmeg snails.
Synonyms :
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of sea snail
Sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for those snails that normally live in saltwater, marine gastropod molluscs....
s, marine gastropod mollusks in the family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Cancellariidae
Cancellariidae
Cancellariidae, common name the nutmeg snails or nutmeg shells, are a family of small to medium-large sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Neogastropoda...
, the nutmeg snails.
Species
Species within the genus Fusiaphera include:- Fusiaphera macrospiraFusiaphera macrospiraFusiaphera macrospira, common name the big-spired nutmeg, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cancellariidae, the nutmeg snails.-Description:The shell size varies between 14 mm and 30 mm.-Distribution:...
(A. Adams & Reeve, 1850)
Synonyms :
- Fusiaphera azumai Habe, 1961 : synonym of Fusiaphera macrospira (A. Adams & Reeve, 1850)
- Fusiaphera dampierensis Garrard, 1975 : synonym of Fusiaphera macrospira (A. Adams & Reeve, 1850)
- Fusiaphera eva Petit, 1980 : synonym of Fusiaphera macrospira (A. Adams & Reeve, 1850)
- Fusiaphera exquisita (Preston, 1905) : : synonym of Fusiaphera macrospira (A. Adams & Reeve, 1850)
- Fusiaphera macrospiratoides Habe, 1961 : synonym of Fusiaphera macrospira (A. Adams & Reeve, 1850)
- Fusiaphera pallida (E.A. Smith, 1899a) : synonym of Fusiaphera macrospira (A. Adams & Reeve, 1850)
- Fusiaphera tosaensis (Habe, 1961) : : synonym of Fusiaphera macrospira (A. Adams & Reeve, 1850)