Barbarofusus barbarensis
Extinct species of gastropod
Barbarofusus barbarensis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
(unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Buccinoidea |
Family: | Fasciolariidae |
Subfamily: | Fusininae |
Genus: | Barbarofusus |
Species: | † B. barbarensis |
Binomial name | |
† Barbarofusus barbarensis (Trask, 1855) | |
Synonyms[1] | |
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Barbarofusus barbarensis, common name the Santa Barbara spindle, is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fasciolariidae, the spindle snails, the tulip snails and their allies.[2]
Description
Distribution
Fossils of this marine species were found in Southern California.
References
- Callomon P. & Snyder M.A. (2017). A new genus and nine new species in the Fasciolariidae (Gastropoda: Buccinoidea) from southern California and western Mexico. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 165(1): 55-80
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