Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > Subclass Caenogastropoda > Order Neogastropoda > Superfamily Buccinoidea > Family Fasciolariidae > Subfamily Fusininae > Genus Amiantofusus

Amiantofusus amiantus (Dall, 1889)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Amiantofusus*	Fraussen, Kantor & Hadorn, 2007	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Fusinus amiantus*	(Dall, 1889)	synonym
*Fusus amiantus*	Dall, 1889	synonym
*Fusus grimaldii*	Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1896	synonym
*Fusus grimaldii var. major*	Locard, 1897	synonym
*Meyeria decorata*	Locard, 1897	synonym
*Meyeria decorata var. ecaudata*	Locard, 1897	synonym

Literature

additional source	Nolf, F. (2024). Confirmation of the presence of Fusinus bocagei marcelpini Hadorn & Ryall, 1999 (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Fasciolariidae) in Angolan waters, and an additional note about the Eastern Atlantic Amiantofusus species. Neptunea. 17(3): 1-10.
new combination reference	Fraussen K., Kantor Y. & Hadorn R. 2007. Amiantofusus gen. nov. for Fusus amiantus Dall, 1889 (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Fasciolariidae) with description of a new and extensive Indo-West Pacific radiation. Novapex 8 (3-4): 79-101.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Amiantofusus amiantus (Dall, 1889). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:479032