''Aristofusus'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...

sea snail Sea snail is a common name for slow-moving marine gastropod molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguished from snails primarily by the ...

s in the

family Family (from la, familia) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of the family is to maintain the well-being of its ...

Fasciolariidae The Fasciolariidae, common name the "tulip snails and spindle snails", are a family (biology), family of small to large sea snails, marine (ocean), marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Buccinoidea. The family Fasciolariidae probably appe ...

Species

Species within the genus ''Aristofusus'' include: *''

Aristofusus benjamini ''Aristofusus benjamini'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fasciolariidae, the spindle snails, the tulip snails and their allies.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Aristofusus benjamini (Hadorn, 1997). Acc ...

'' (Hadorn, 1997) *''

Aristofusus couei ''Aristofusus couei'', common name the Yucatan spindle, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fasciolariidae The Fasciolariidae, common name the "tulip snails and spindle snails", are a family of small to large s ...

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Petit de la Saussaye Sauveur Abel Aubert Petit de la Saussaye (1792–1870)Coan E. V. & Kabat A. R. (2017). ''2,400 years of malacology, 14th ed.'', 1,443 pp. + 110 pp. nnex 1 – Book Collations+ 65 pp. nnex 2 – Küster Collation 51 pp. nnex 3 – Journal Coll ...

, 1853) *''

Aristofusus excavatus ''Aristofusus excavatus'', common name apricot spindle, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fasciolariidae The Fasciolariidae, common name the "tulip snails and spindle snails", are a family of small to large se ...

'' ( Sowerby II, 1880) *''

Aristofusus helenae ''Aristofusus helenae'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fasciolariidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Aristofusus helenae (Bartsch, 1939). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http:// ...

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Bartsch Bartsch is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Adam Bartsch (1757–1821), German scholar of old master prints and artist * Dietmar Bartsch (born 1958), German politician (Die Linke) * Jacob Bartsch (1600–1633), German as ...

, 1939) *''

Aristofusus stegeri ''Aristofusus stegeri'', common name the ornamented spindle, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fasciolariidae, the spindle snails, the tulip snails and their allies. Description Distribution This species occu ...

'' (Lyons, 1978)

References

Gastropod genera {{Fasciolariidae-stub