Brunneifusus ternatanus

Brunneifusus ternatanus, common name ternate false fusus, is a species of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Melongenidae, the crown conches and their allies. ^[1]

Description[]

Brunneifusus ternatanus has a shell that reaches a length of 70 – 270 mm. The shape of this shell is slender, fusiform, with a tall spire and a long siphonal canal, but it shows high degree of geographical variations in sculpture and color. The colour is usually light brown, while the aperture is light cream to whitish.

Distribution[]

This species can be found in Japan, Philippines and western Pacific.

References[]

• Lamarck J.B. (1816). Liste des objets représentés dans les planches de cette livraison. In: Tableau encyclopédique et méthodique des trois règnes de la Nature. Mollusques et Polypes divers. Agasse, Paris. 16 pp.
• Kosuge S. (2008). Description of Hemifusus zhangyii Kosuge, n. sp. (Gastropoda, Melongelidae). Bulletin of the Institute of Malacology, Tokyo. 3(9): 131-132, pl. 43
• Dekkers A. (2018). Two new genera in the family Melongenidae from the Indo-Pacific and comments on the identity of Hemifusus zhangyii Kosuge, 2008 and Pyrula elongata Lamarck, 1822 (Gastropoda, Neogastropoda: Buccinoidea). Gloria Maris. 57(2): 40-50
• Alf, A. & Thach, N.N. (2021). Some remarks on Lenifusus, Brunneifusus and Hemifusus and description of two new species of Hemifusus (Buccinoidea, Melongenidae). Conchylia. 52(1-2): 95-108.

External links[]

• Landesmuseum
• "Hemifusus ternatanus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
• Discover Life
• Gmelin J.F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig. pp. 3021-3910]