''Viridifusus'' is a

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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 ...

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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. They occur in the

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Species

Species within the genus ''Viridifusus'' include: * '' Viridifusus albinus'' (A. Adams, 1856) * ''

Viridifusus buxeus ''Viridifusus buxeus'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fasciolariidae, the spindle snails, the tulip snails and their allies. Until 2012, it was a species of ''Fusinus''. Description Distribution This mar ...

'' (Reeve, 1847) * ''

Viridifusus maximus ''Viridifusus maximus'' 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 occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off the Cap ...

'' (G.B. Sowerby III, 1893) * '' Viridifusus mollis'' (G. B. Sowerby III, 1913)

References

* Snyder M.A., Vermeij G.J. & Lyons W.G. (2012) ''The genera and biogeography of Fasciolariinae (Gastropoda, Neogastropoda, Fasciolariidae).'' Basteria 76(1-3): 31-70

External links

Vermeij G.J. & Snyder M.A. (2018). Proposed genus-level classification of large species of Fusininae (Gastropoda, Fasciolariidae). Basteria. 82(4-6): 57-82.
Fasciolariidae {{Fasciolariidae-stub