Brunneifusus ternatanus

Brunneifusus ternatanus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Melongenidae
Genus:	Brunneifusus
Species:	B. ternatanus
Binomial name
	Brunneifusus ternatanus; (Gmelin, 1791)
Synonyms
	Brunneifusus carinifer (Habe & Kosuge, 1966); Brunneifusus cariniferus (Habe & Kosuge, 1966) (incorrect spelling of specific epithet); Buccinum tuba Gmelin, 1791; Fusus pyrulaceus Lamarck, 1816; Hemifusus carinifer Habe & Kosuge, 1966 (original combination); Hemifusus elongatus (Lamarck, 1822); Hemifusus ternatanus (Gmelin, 1791); Hemifusus zhangyii Kosuge, 2008; Lenifusus elongatus (Lamarck, 1822); Murex ternatanus Gmelin, 1791 (original combination); Pugilina elongata (Lamarck, 1822); Pugilina ternatanus (Gmelin, 1791); Pyrula elongata Lamarck, 1822 (original combination);

Brunneifusus ternatanus, common name ternate false fusus, is a species of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Melongenidae, the crown conches and their allies.^[1]

Description

Brunneifusus ternatanus has a shell that reaches a length of 70 – 270 mm. The shape of this shell is slender, fusiform, with a tall spire and a long siphonal canal, but it shows high degree of geographical variations in sculpture and color. The colour is usually light brown, while the aperture is light cream to whitish.

Distribution

This species can be found in Japan, Philippines and western Pacific.

References

^ MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Brunneifusus ternatanus (Gmelin, 1791). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1310082 on 2021-02-27

Lamarck J.B. (1816). Liste des objets représentés dans les planches de cette livraison. In: Tableau encyclopédique et méthodique des trois règnes de la Nature. Mollusques et Polypes divers. Agasse, Paris. 16 pp.
Kosuge S. (2008). Description of Hemifusus zhangyii Kosuge, n. sp. (Gastropoda, Melongelidae). Bulletin of the Institute of Malacology, Tokyo. 3(9): 131-132, pl. 43
Dekkers A. (2018). Two new genera in the family Melongenidae from the Indo-Pacific and comments on the identity of Hemifusus zhangyii Kosuge, 2008 and Pyrula elongata Lamarck, 1822 (Gastropoda, Neogastropoda: Buccinoidea). Gloria Maris. 57(2): 40-50

External links

Landesmuseum
"Hemifusus ternatanus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
Discover Life
Gmelin J.F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig. pp. 3021-3910]

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[WoRMS-1] MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Brunneifusus ternatanus (Gmelin, 1791). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1310082 on 2021-02-27

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