Kromme-Geelhout-Database
Species details
Genus
Genus : Fusinus
Family: Fasciolariidae (Mollusca/Gastropoda)
Taxon : Marine Molluscs
Group : Animal
SPECIES
ocelliferusNOTES
A variable shell which can reach 105 mm. Has a high spire, sharp apex and spiral ridges. The ridge on the shoulder is prominent with rounded nodules. The outer lip is ridged inside and the inner lip has a restricted callus. The siphonal canal is long. Lives below tidal level and feeds on polychaete worms.
AUTHORITY
(Lamarck, 1816)Sub Author
Conservation
UncommonHabit
Not ApplicableLand Invertebrate
Colour
- Notes: Brown shell with translucent operculum
- Colour: Brown
Common Name
- Long siphoned whelk
- Whelk
Habitat
- NOTES: Collected 1988 on the beach at the river mouth
- HABITAT NAME: Beach
Uses
- None known
- None
Months
- All year
Synonyms for Species
- Cominella prolongata
- Fusinus adamsii
- Fusus adamsii
- Fusus cinnamomeus
- Fusus crenulatus
- Fusus ocellifer
- Fusus ocelliferus
- Fusus robustior
- Fusus rudolphi
- Fusus ventricosus
- Fusus verruculatus
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