Chryseofusus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Fusininae of the family Fasciolariidae, the spindle snails, the tulip snails and their allies.
Originally a subgenus of Fusinus, Chryseofusus was raised to the rank of genus by Callomon & Snyder, 2009
Species
Species within the genus Chryseofusus include:
- Chryseofusus acherusius <small>(Hadorn & Fraussen, 2003)</small>
- Chryseofusus alisae <small>(Hadorn & Fraussen, 2003)</small>
- Chryseofusus alisonae <small>(Hadorn, Snyder & Fraussen, 2008)</small>
- Chryseofusus artutus <small>(Fraussen & Hadorn, 2003)</small>
- Chryseofusus bonaespei <small>(Barnard, 1959)</small>
- Chryseofusus bradneri <small>(Drivas & Jay, 1990)</small>
- Chryseofusus cadus <small>(Hadorn & Fraussen, 2003)</small>
- Chryseofusus chrysodomoides <small>(Schepman, 1911)</small>
- Chryseofusus dapsilis <small>(Hadorn & Fraussen, 2003)</small>
- Chryseofusus graciliformis <small>(G.B. Sowerby II, 1880)</small>
- Chryseofusus hyphalus <small>(M. Smith, 1940)</small>
- Chryseofusus jurgeni <small>(Hadorn & Fraussen, 2002)</small>
- Chryseofusus kazdailisi <small>(Fraussen & Hadorn, 2000)</small>
- Chryseofusus lecourtorum <small>Fraussen & Stahlschmidt, 2014</small>
- Chryseofusus lorenzi <small>Fraussen & Stahlschmidt, 2014</small>
- Chryseofusus riscus <small>(Hadorn & Fraussen, 2003)</small>
- Chryseofusus satsumaensis <small>(Hadorn & Chino, 2005)</small>
- Chryseofusus scissus <small>(Fraussen & Hadorn, 2003)</small>
- Chryseofusus subangulatus <small>(Martens, 1901)</small>
- Chryseofusus wareni <small>(Hadorn & Fraussen, 2003)</small>
- Chryseofusus westralis <small>(Hadorn & Fraussen, 2003)</small>
References
- Hadorn R. & Fraussen K. (2003). The deep-water Indo-Pacific radiation of Fusinus (Chryseofusus subgen. nov.) (Gastropoda: Fasciolariidae). Iberus 21(1):207-240
- Fraussen K. & Stahlschmidt P. (2014). Two new Chryseofusus Hadorn & Fraussen, 2003 (Gastropoda: Fasciolariidae) from the Nazareth Bank (Mascarene Plateau). Vita Malacologica. 12: 31âÂÂ35.
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