Goniofusus dupetitthouarsi
| Goniofusus dupetitthouarsi | |
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| Shell of Goniofusus dupetitthouarsi (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Fasciolariidae |
| Genus: | Goniofusus |
| Species: | G. dupetitthouarsi
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| Goniofusus dupetitthouarsi (Kiener, 1840)
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Goniofusus dupetitthouarsi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fasciolariidae, the spindle snails, containing the tulip snails and their allies.[1]
Description
[edit]The length of the shell attains 200-250 mm. Though large specimens do exist, with one being as much as 250 mm (10 inches).[2] They are also known as the Giant Spindle and the Ornamented Spindle and in Mexico as tulipa’n blanco. The shell is broad and relatively elongated with a widely open siphonal canal with the distal opening of the canal slightly flaring. Goniofusus Dupetitthouarsi also have large apertures. They have of eight to ten angular whorls with the lower whorls being marked with knobs, and a very high spiral. In contrast to other Spindles in the area have a more sinuous canal. The shell is sculpted with coarse lines spiraling along the whorls and short axial ribs forming spirally elongated tubercles on well-marked peripheral cords. The exterior of the shell is white and they are covered with a yellowish-brown to greenish-brown periostracum.[3]
Distribution
[edit]Pacific Ocean: West coast of The Americas.
This species occurs in the outer coast of Baja California, throughout the Gulf of California and south to Ecuador including Galápagos Islands and Peru.[2] They are found within sand and muddy sand substrates from the intertidal zone to depths up to 55 m or 180 feet.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Goniofusus dupetitthouarsi (Kiener, 1840). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1318024 on 2020-11-30
- ^ a b "Galapagos Species Database". CDF dataZone. Retrieved 11 February 2025.
- ^ a b "DuPetit's Spindle Shell | Mexican Shells.org". Retrieved 11 February 2025.
- Kiener, L.-C., 1839-40 Genre Fusus. Volume 5. In: Species général et iconographie des coquilles vivantes
- Vermeij G.J. & Snyder M.A. (2018). Proposed genus-level classification of large species of Fusininae (Gastropoda, Fasciolariidae). Basteria. 82(4-6): 57-82
External links
[edit]- Kiener L.C. 1839-1842. Spécies général et iconographie des coquilles vivantes. Vol. 5. Famille des Canalifères. Première partie. Genres Cérite (Cerithium), Adanson, pp. 1-104, pl. 1-32 [pp. 1-32 (1841), 33-104 (1842); pl. 1-32 (1841)]; Pleurotome (Pleurotoma), Lamarck, pp. 1–84, pl. 1-27 [pp. 1–16 (1839), 17-84 (1840), pl. 1-27 (1839)]; Fuseau (Fusus), Lamarck, pp. 1–62, pl. 1-30, 17bis [pp. 1–62 (1840); pl. 2-7, 12, 15-17, 17bis, 22-23, 25 (1839); pl. 1, 8-11, 13-14, 18-21, 24, 26-30: (1840)]. Paris, Rousseau & J.B. Baillière
- Lesson A. (1842). Notes sur quelques coquilles marines rapportées de la Mer du Sud. Revue Zoologique par la Société Cuvierienne. 5: 102-104
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