Triplofusus princeps

Triplofusus princeps
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Buccinoidea
Family:	Fasciolariidae
Genus:	Triplofusus
Species:	T. princeps
Binomial name
Triplofusus princeps (G.B. Sowerby I, 1825)
Synonyms[1]
Fasciolaria acutispsira Strebel, 1911 Fasciolaria princeps G.B. Sowerby I, 1825 (original combination) Pleuroploca acutispira (Strebel, 1911) Pleuroploca princeps (G.B. Sowerby I, 1825)

Triplofusus princeps is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fasciolariidae, the spindle snails, the tulip snails and their allies.^[1]

Description

Shell size 130 mm.

Distribution

West Panama.

References

1. Bouchet, P. (2012). Triplofusus princeps (G.B. Sowerby I, 1825). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=607919 on 2012-08-25

• Petit R.E. (2009) George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III: their conchological publications and molluscan taxa. Zootaxa 2189: 1–218
• Snyder M.A., Vermeij G.J. & Lyons W.G. (2012) The genera and biogeography of Fasciolariinae (Gastropoda, Neogastropoda, Fasciolariidae). Basteria 76(1-3): 31–70.