''Fusolatirus'' is a
genus of
sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for slow-moving marine gastropod molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguished from snails primarily by the ...
s,
marine
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gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusks in the subfamily Peristerniinae of the
family Fasciolariidae
The Fasciolariidae, common name the "tulip snails and spindle snails", are a family (biology), family of small to large sea snails, marine (ocean), marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Buccinoidea.
The family Fasciolariidae probably appe ...
, the spindle snails, the tulip snails and their allies.
Species
According to the
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) the following species with accepted names are included within the genus ''Fusolatirus'' :
''Fusolatirus suduiraudi''
* ''
Fusolatirus balicasagensis''
(Bozzetti, 1997)
* ''
Fusolatirus brinkae
''Fusolatirus brinkae'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Fasciolariidae
The Fasciolariidae, common name the "tulip snails and spindle snails", are a family (biology), family of small to large sea snails, m ...
''
(Lussi, 1996)
* ''
Fusolatirus bruijnii''
(Tapparone Canefri, 1876)
* ''
Fusolatirus coreanicus''
(Smith, 1879)
* ''
Fusolatirus elsiae''
(Kilburn, 1975)
* ''
Fusolatirus formosior''
(Melvill, 1891)
* ''
Fusolatirus higoi''
Snyder & Callomon, 2005
* ''
Fusolatirus kandai
''Fusolatirus kandai'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Fasciolariidae
The Fasciolariidae, common name the "tulip snails and spindle snails", are a family (biology), family of small to large sea snails, mari ...
''
(Kuroda, 1950)
* ''
Fusolatirus luteus''
Snyder & Bouchet, 2006
* ''
Fusolatirus nana''
(Reeve, 1847)
* ''
Fusolatirus pachyus''
Snyder & Bouchet, 2006
* ''
Fusolatirus paetelianus
''Fusolatirus paetelianus'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Fasciolariidae
The Fasciolariidae, common name the "tulip snails and spindle snails", are a family (biology), family of small to large sea snail ...
''
(Küster & Kobelt, 1874)
* ''
Fusolatirus pagodaeformis
''Fusolatirus pagodaeformis'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Fasciolariidae
The Fasciolariidae, common name the "tulip snails and spindle snails", are a family (biology), family of small to large sea snail ...
''
(Melvill, 1899)
* ''
Fusolatirus pearsoni
''Fusolatirus pearsoni'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Fasciolariidae
The Fasciolariidae, common name the "tulip snails and spindle snails", are a family (biology), family of small to large sea snails, ma ...
''
(Snyder, 2002)
* ''
Fusolatirus rikae
''Fusolatirus rikae'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fasciolariidae
The Fasciolariidae, common name the "tulip snails and spindle snails", are a family (biology), family of small to large sea snails, marin ...
''
(Fraussen, 2003)
* ''
Fusolatirus sarinae
''Fusolatirus sarinae'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Fasciolariidae
The Fasciolariidae, common name the "tulip snails and spindle snails", are a family (biology), family of small to large sea snails, mar ...
''
(Snyder, 2003)
* ''
Fusolatirus suduirauti
''Fusolatirus suduirauti'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family (biology), family Fasciolariidae, the spindle snails, the tulip snails and their allies.
Description
The shell size varies between 25 mm and 50& ...
''
(Fraussen, 2003)
;Species brought into synonymy:
* ''
Fusolatirus kurodai''
(Okutani & Sakurai, 1964): synonym of ''
Granulifusus kurodai
''Granulifusus kurodai'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fasciolariidae, the spindle snails, the tulip snails and their allies.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Granulifusus kurodai (Okutani & Sakurai, ...
''
(Okutani & Sakurai, 1964)
* ''
Fusolatirus kuroseanus''
Okutani, 1975:
synonym of ''
Okutanius kuroseanus''
(Okutani, 1975) (original combination)
* ''Fusolatirus nanus''
icaccepted as ''Fusolatirus nana''
(Reeve, 1847) (misspelling)
References
* Kuroda, T.; Habe, T.; Oyama, K. (1971). The sea shells of Sagami Bay. Maruzen Co., Tokyo. xix, 1-741 (Japanese text), 1-489 (English text), 1-51 (Index), pls 1-121
External links
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Gastropod genera
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