Austrofusus glans facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Austrofusus glans
A dorsal view of a shell of Austrofusus glans
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Buccinoidea
Family:	Buccinidae
Genus:	Austrofusus
Species:	A. glans
Binomial name
Austrofusus glans (Röding, 1798)
Synonyms
Aethocola glans (Röding, 1798) Austrofusus (Austrofusus) glans (Röding, 1798)· accepted, alternate representation Austrofusus glans agrestior Finlay, 1927 Austrofusus glans tragulatus Iredale, 1937 Buccinum nodosum Martyn, 1784 Buccinum triton Lesson, 1841 Drupa glans Röding, 1798 (original combination) Fusus nodosus Gray, 1843 Fusus raphanus Lamarck, 1816 Siphonalia nodosa (Martyn, 1784)

Austrofusus glans is a type of medium-sized sea snail. It is also known as a whelk. This amazing creature is a marine (ocean-dwelling) mollusc and belongs to the family called Buccinidae, which are known as the true whelks.

About This Sea Snail

Austrofusus glans is a medium-sized whelk. It lives in the ocean, usually in shallow areas close to the coast. But it can also be found in deeper waters, sometimes as far down as 600 meters! These snails like to live on sandy or soft ground at the bottom of the sea.

Where It Lives

This special sea snail is only found in one place in the world: New Zealand. This means it is endemic to New Zealand, which means it naturally lives nowhere else.

See also

In Spanish: Austrofusus glans para niños