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Fusinus allyni J. H. McLean, 1970

huso de Galápagos, Galapagos spindle

Length: 88 mm; diameter:34 mm.

Shallow water (less than 200 m depth).

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Mollusca

Class
Gastropoda

Order
Neogastropoda

Superfamily
Buccinoidea

Family
Fasciolariidae

Genus
Fusinus

Species
allyni

Taxon category: Accepted

USNM: 679560 (Paratype), 753282, 753297, LACM: 1290 (Holotype, type locality: Galapagos), 1291 (Paratypes), 66-207, AHF 482, AHF 201-34, AHF 788-38, AHF 816-38, CDRS: 870

Origin: Native

Status

IUCN Red List Category: Not evaluated

Distribution

Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.

Distribution: From Cocos Island and Ecuador (Galapagos Islands)

References

  • Appeltans, W. Bouchet, P., Boxshall, G.A., Fauchald, K., Gordon, D.P., Hoeksema, B.W., Poore, G.C.B., van Soest, R.W.M., Stöhr, S., Walter, T.C., Costello, M.J. (eds.) (2010) World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS). Available online at http://www.marinespecies.org.
  • Finet, Y. (1991) The Marine Mollusks of the Galapagos Islands. In: Galápagos Marine Invertebrate. Taxonomy, Biogeography, and Evolution in Darwin's Islands. Plenum Press. New York and London, p. 253-280.
  • Finet, Y. (2001) The marine mollusks of the Galapagos Islands: a documented faunal list. Editions du Muséum d' Histoire naturelle, Genève, 237 pp.
  • Hickman, C.P. Jr. Finet, Y. (1999) A Field Guide to the Marine Molluscs of Galápagos. Sugar Spring Press, Lexington, Virginia, 150 pp.
  • Keen, A.M. (1958) Sea Shells of Tropical West America. Stanford University Press, Palo Alto, 1st edition, 624 pp.
  • McLean, J.H. (1970) New species of Panamic marine Gastropods. The Veliger 12: 310-315.

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"Galapagos Species Database, Fusinus allyni", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=8112. Accessed 5 June 2026.