A New Species of Fusinus from Korea (Gastropoda: Fasciolariidae)

Abstract

Fusinus juliabrownae n. sp. is described from the southern and eastern coasts of Korea. Though cited and figured widely in the Korean literature, it has not hitherto been recognized as a separate species. It is compared with F. ferrugineus (Kuroda & Habe, 1960), F. perplexus (A. Adams, 1864), F. nigrirostratus (E. A. Smith, 1879) and F. tuberosus (Reeve, 1847). The new species represents a northward range extension for the genus on the continental coast of the Japan Sea.