''Chryseofusus'' is a

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s in the subfamily Fusininae of the

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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 ...

, the spindle snails, the tulip snails and their allies. Originally a subgenus of ''

Fusinus ''Fusinus'' is a genus of small to large sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Fasciolariidae, the spindle snails and tulip snails. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Fusinus Rafinesque, 1815. Accessed through: World Reg ...

'', ''Chryseofusus'' was raised to the rank of genus by Callomon & Snyder, 2009 Paul Callomon, Martin Avery Snyder, ''On Some Fusinus from the East and South China Seas (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Fasciolariidae), with Description of a New Species'', Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 158(1):209-219. 2009

Species

Species within the genus ''Chryseofusus'' include: * '' Chryseofusus acherusius'' (Hadorn & Fraussen, 2003) * '' Chryseofusus alisae'' (Hadorn & Fraussen, 2003) * '' Chryseofusus alisonae'' (Hadorn, Snyder & Fraussen, 2008) * ''

Chryseofusus artutus ''Chryseofusus artutus'' 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 (biology), family of small to large sea snails, m ...

'' (Fraussen & Hadorn, 2003) * ''

Chryseofusus bonaespei ''Chryseofusus bonaespei'' 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 (biology), family of small to large sea snails, ...

'' (Barnard, 1959) * '' Chryseofusus bradneri'' (Drivas & Jay, 1990) * ''

Chryseofusus cadus ''Chryseofusus cadus'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fasciolariidae, the spindle snails, the tulip snails and their allies. Description The length of the shell attains 35.7 mm. Distribution This marine s ...

'' (Hadorn & Fraussen, 2003) * '' Chryseofusus chrysodomoides'' (Schepman, 1911) * '' Chryseofusus dapsilis'' (Hadorn & Fraussen, 2003) * ''

Chryseofusus graciliformis ''Chryseofusus graciliformis'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fasciolariidae, the spindle snails, the tulip snails and their allies. Description The shell attains a length of 50.2 mm. Distribution Th ...

'' (G.B. Sowerby II, 1880) * '' Chryseofusus hyphalus'' (M. Smith, 1940) * '' Chryseofusus jurgeni'' (Hadorn & Fraussen, 2002) * '' Chryseofusus kazdailisi'' (Fraussen & Hadorn, 2000) * ''

Chryseofusus lecourtorum ''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 rais ...

'' Fraussen & Stahlschmidt, 2014 * '' Chryseofusus lorenzi'' Fraussen & Stahlschmidt, 2014 * ''

Chryseofusus riscus ''Chryseofusus riscus'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fasciolariidae, the spindle snails, the tulip snails and their allies. Description The length of the shell attains 19.1 mm. Distribution This marine s ...

'' (Hadorn & Fraussen, 2003) * '' Chryseofusus satsumaensis'' (Hadorn & Chino, 2005) * '' Chryseofusus scissus'' (Fraussen & Hadorn, 2003) * ''

Chryseofusus subangulatus ''Chryseofusus subangulatus'' 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 (biology), family of small to large sea sna ...

'' (Martens, 1901) * '' Chryseofusus wareni'' (Hadorn & Fraussen, 2003) * '' Chryseofusus westralis'' (Hadorn & Fraussen, 2003)

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: 31-35. page(s): 32, pl. 2 figs 6a-e Fasciolariidae Gastropod genera {{Fasciolariidae-stub