Filifusus filamentosus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fasciolariidae, the spindle snails, the tulip snails and their allies.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Red Sea and in the Indian Ocean off Tanzania, Madagascar and the Mascarene Basin
References
- Lamarck, J. B. de. 1816. Tableau encyclopédique et méthodique des trois règnes de la Nature. Paris
- Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Contribution àl'étude de la faune de Madagascar: Mollusca marina testacea. Faune des colonies françaises, III(fasc. 4). Société d'Editions géographiques, maritimes et coloniales: Paris. 321âÂÂ636, plates IV-VII pp.
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- Marais J.P. & R.N. Kilburn (2010) Fasciolariidae. pp. 106âÂÂ137, in: Marais A.P. & Seccombe A.D. (eds), Identification guide to the seashells of South Africa. Volume 1. Groenkloof: Centre for Molluscan Studies. 376 pp.
- Snyder M.A., Vermeij G.J. & Lyons W.G. (2012) The genera and biogeography of Fasciolariinae (Gastropoda, Neogastropoda, Fasciolariidae). Basteria 76(1âÂÂ3): 31âÂÂ70.