Fusinus dilectus (A. Adams 1856)
- Dataset
- Fasciolariidae (Gastropoda: Neogastropoda) of French Guiana and nearby regions, with descriptions of two new species and comments on marine zoogeography of northeastern South America
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Mollusca
- class
- Gastropoda
- order
- Neogastropoda
- family
- Fasciolariidae
- genus
- Fusinus
- species
- Fusinus dilectus
description
(Figures 15 – 16)
discussion
Remarks. This species has received several names, the most recent being Fusinus marensis Weisbord, 1962, introduced for a Pleistocene fossil from Venezuela. That name was also used for living specimens from Venezuela and Colombia until Kaicher (1986) pointed out that F. dilectus (Adams, 1856) has precedence. Princz (1973; 1982) also erroneously reported specimens as Fusinus couei (Petit de la Saussaye, 1853) and F. helenae Bartsch, 1939.
materials_examined
Material examined. Suriname — 2 - dd, 63.9 and 77.0 mm, off Paramaribo, 175 – 180 fm (= 320 – 330 m [!]), R / V Oregon, 8 / 1958, RC. Venezuela and Colombia — 29 specimens, lv / dd. 50.0 – 148.2 mm, Caribbean coasts of Colombia and Venezuela, ANSP; 43 specimens, lv / dd, 44.7 – 145.6 mm, Caribbean coasts of Colombia and Venezuela, 15 – 100 m, LC.