Austrofusus glans (Röding, 1798) is a animal in the Prosiphonidae family, order Neogastropoda, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Austrofusus glans (Röding, 1798)

Austrofusus glans (Röding, 1798)

Austrofusus glans is a medium-sized endemic New Zealand buccinid whelk that lives on soft or sandy sea bottoms.

Family
Prosiphonidae
Genus
Austrofusus
Order
Neogastropoda
Class
Gastropoda

About Austrofusus glans (Röding, 1798)

Austrofusus glans (Röding, 1798) is a medium-sized species of buccinid whelk. This species lives at shallow subtidal depths down to at least 600 metres, where it inhabits sandy or soft-bottom sediments. Austrofusus glans is endemic to New Zealand.

Photo: (c) Saryu Mae 前 朝琉, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Saryu Mae 前 朝琉 · cc-by

Taxonomy

Animalia › Mollusca › Gastropoda › Neogastropoda › Prosiphonidae › Austrofusus

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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