''Granulifusus'' is a

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gastropod The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda (). This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...

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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.

Species

Species within the genus ''Granulifusus'' include: * '' Granulifusus amoenus'' Hadorn & Fraussen, 2005 * '' Granulifusus annae'' Kantor, Fedosov, Snyder & Bouchet, 2018 * '' Granulifusus babae'' Hadorn & Fraussen, 2005 * '' Granulifusus bacciballus'' Hadorn & Fraussen, 2005 * '' Granulifusus balbus'' Hadorn & Fraussen, 2005 * '' Granulifusus benjamini'' Hadorn & Fraussen, 2005 * '' Granulifusus captivus'' (Smith, 1889) * '' Granulifusus consimilis'' Garrard, 1966 * '' Granulifusus dalli'' (Watson, 1882) * '' Granulifusus discrepans'' (Kuroda & Habe, 1961) * '' Granulifusus dondani'' M.A. Snyder, 2003 * ''

Granulifusus faurei ''Granulifusus faurei'' 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, mar ...

'' (Barnard, 1959) * '' Granulifusus geometricus'' Hadorn & Fraussen, 2005 * '' Granulifusus guidoi'' Kantor, Fedosov, Snyder & Bouchet, 2018 * '' Granulifusus hayashii'' Habe, 1961 * '' Granulifusus jeanpierrevezzaroi'' (Cossignani, 2017) * '' Granulifusus kiranus'' Shuto, 1958 * '' Granulifusus kurodai'' (Okutani & Sakurai, 1964) * '' Granulifusus lochi'' Hadorn & Fraussen, 2005 * '' Granulifusus martinorum'' Cernohorsky, 1987 * '' Granulifusus monsecourorum'' Hadorn & Fraussen, 2005 * † '' Granulifusus musasiensis'' (Makiyama, 1922) * † '' Granulifusus nakasiensis'' Hadorn & Fraussen, 2005 * '' Granulifusus niponicus'' (E.A. Smith, 1879) * '' Granulifusus noguchii'' (Habe & Masuda, 1990) * '' Granulifusus norfolkensis'' Kantor, Fedosov, Snyder & Bouchet, 2018 * '' Granulifusus obesus'' Snyder, 2013 * '' Granulifusus poppei'' Delsaerdt, 1995 * '' Granulifusus pulchellus'' Hadorn & Chino, 2005 * '' Granulifusus rubrolineatus'' (G.B. Sowerby II, 1870) * '' Granulifusus rufinodis'' (von Martens, 1901) * ''

Granulifusus staminatus ''Granulifusus staminatus'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 85, ...

'' (Garrard, 1966) * '' Granulifusus tatianae'' Kantor, Fedosov, Snyder & Bouchet, 2018 * '' Granulifusus vermeiji'' M.A. Snyder, 2003 * '' Granulifusus westhuizeni'' Lussi, 2014 * ''

Granulifusus williami ''Granulifusus williami'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Fasciolariidae, the spindle snails, the tulip snails and their allies. Description Distribution This marine species occurs in Indonesia and the Soci ...

'' (Poppe & Tagaro, 2006) ;Species brought into synonymy: * ''Granulifusus libratus'' (Watson, 1886): synonym of ''Granulifusus dalli'' (Watson, 1882) * ''Granulifusus simplex'' (E.A. Smith, 1879) accepted as "

Fusinus pauciliratus ''Fusinus pauciliratus'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Fasciolariidae, the spindle snails, the tulip snails and their allies. Subspecies * ''Fusinus pauciliratus complex'' Snyder, 2000 (synonyms: ''Fusinus ...

complex" Snyder, 2000 * ''Granulifusus suboblitus'' (Pilsbry, 1904): synonym of ''Granulifusus niponicus'' (E.A. Smith, 1879)

References

* Kuroda T. & Habe T. (1954). New genera of Japanese marine gastropods. Venus. 18(2): 84-97. * Hadorn R. & Fraussen K. 2005. ''Revision of the genus Granulifusus Kuroda & Habe 1954 with description of some new species (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia: Fasciolariidae)''. Archiv für Molluskenkunde 134 (2): 129-171

External links

Kantor Y.I., Fedosov A.E., Snyder M.A. & Bouchet P. (2018). Pseudolatirus Bellardi, 1884 revisited, with the description of two new genera and five new species (Neogastropoda: Fasciolariidae). European Journal of Taxonomy. 433: 1-57
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