Published December 31, 2009
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Two new Fusinus (Gastropoda: Fasciolariidae) from the Canary Islands
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Two new Fusinus Rafinesque, 1815, are described from the Canary Islands: the sinistral F. saundersi sp. nov. from Lanzarote, 3-15 m deep, is compared to F. maroccensis (Gmelin, 1791) and F. elegans (Reeve, 1848), both from the West African coast; the dextral F. hernandezi sp. nov. from northwest Gran Canaria, 150-200 m deep, is compared to F. tenerifensis Hadorn and Rolán, 1999 and F. sectus (Locard, 1897)