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Yucatan Spindle

(Petit de la Saussaye, 1853)

Aristofusus couei

Class:

Gastropoda

Order:

Neogastropoda

Family:

Fasciolariidae

Fasciolariidae

Image Voucher: 

ANSP 309906

Shell Information

Length (mm): 130

Dextral

Chirality:

Description:

Ecological Information

Distribution:

Depth (m):

Texas to Yucatan

33 to 100 meters

Diet:

Carnivore

Habitat:

Marine

Misc. Facts

Citations

MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Fusinus couei (Petit de la Saussaye, 1853). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=420031 on 2021-06-23

Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. Garc�a. 29. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579�699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico�Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M University Press, College Station, Texas.

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