Austrofusus spiniferus
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| Austrofusus spiniferus | |
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| Shell of Austrofusus spiniferus (holotype below) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Prosiphonidae |
| Genus: | Austrofusus |
| Species: | †A. spiniferus |
| Binomial name | |
| †Austrofusus spiniferus (H. J. Finlay & McDowall, 1923) | |
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Austrofusus spiniferus is an extinct species of medium-sized sea snail or whelk, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Prosiphonidae.[1]
The shell measures 43 mm in height and 23 mm in diameter.