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Fustiaria
Sign in to saveFustiaria is a genus of scaphopods in the order Dentaliida and is the only genus comprising the family Fustiariidae, with 24 species.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumMollusca
- ClassScaphopoda
- OrderDentaliida
- FamilyFustiariidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 131
- With media
- 1
- Family
- Fustiariidae
- Collections
- RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, IGL-UNAM, PRI, USNM, SIO, UF
- Recorded in
- Malta, Mexico, United States, Chile
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Fustiariidae
- Image
- Fustiaria subeburnea 01.JPG
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- taxon name
- Fustiaria
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- genus
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- Fustiaria
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Description
- Species
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Fustiaria is a genus of scaphopods in the order Dentaliida and is the only genus comprising the family Fustiariidae, with 24 species.
==Description== The shells of Fustiaria are characterized as smooth, slender, circular in cross section, slightly curved, thin-walled, and virtually transparent. The central tooth of its radula (chewing organ), called a "rachis", is unusual compared with that of other Dentaliids in that it is flat on its tip rather than pointed. The space around the foot (the "pedal sinus") is divided by a thin horizontal membrane called a septum.
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