Fasciolariidae
Granulifusus sp (pulchellus Hayashi, MS.)

Granulifusus sp

Description
Pale brown or white with fine spiral ribs. Spire tube round and thin. Spiral ribs continues in the bottom though it disappears between each axial ribs.

Locality
Japan: Mouth of Tokyo Bay in 250-300m, Sagami Bay, Enshunada, Off Kii Peninsula, Off Kochi.

Original articles of scientific name


Original of Japanese name
1946 Tetsuaki Kira.

Remarks
Rare. It is a poor shell to which the scientific name is not yet named though the shell have been known in 1946.


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