''Hemifusus'' is a
genus
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of
sea snail
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s, marine
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 ...
mollusc
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s in the
family
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Melongenidae
The Melongenidae, the crown conchs and their relatives, are a taxonomic family of large to very large marine gastropods in the superfamily Buccinoidea. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Melongenidae Gill, 1871 (1854). Accessed through: Worl ...
, the crown conches and their allies.
Description
The type description of genus ''Hemifusus'' by English malacologist
William John Swainson
William John Swainson FLS, FRS (8 October 1789 – 6 December 1855), was an English ornithologist, malacologist, conchologist, entomologist and artist.
Life
Swainson was born in Dover Place, St Mary Newington, London, the eldest son of ...
reads as follows:
Species
Species within the genus ''Hemifusus'' include:
* ''
Hemifusus alfi''
Thach, 2021
* ''
Hemifusus boucheti''
Thach, 2017
* † ''
Hemifusus charlieleei''
Harzhauser, Raven & Landau, 2018
* ''
Hemifusus colosseus''
(Lamarck, 1816)
* ''
Hemifusus crassacauda'' (Philippi, 1849)
* ''
Hemifusus hitoshiikedai''
Thach, 2020
* ''
Hemifusus kawamurai
''Hemifusus'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Melongenidae, the crown conches and their allies.
Description
The type description of genus ''Hemifusus'' by English malacologist William John Swainson
Willi ...
''
Kira, 1965
* ''
Hemifusus schuetti''
Alf & Thach, 2021
* ''Hemifusus treudei''
Alf & Thach, 2021
* ''
Hemifusus tuba''
(Gmelin, 1791)
* ''
Hemifusus yurikantori''
Thach, 2017
;Species brought into synonymy :
* ''Hemifusus crassicaudus'' (Philippi, 1849) : synonym of ''Hemifusus crassacauda'' (Philippi, 1849)
* ''Hemifusus elongatus''
(Lamarck, 1822): synonym of ''Pugilina elongata''
(Lamarck, 1822): synonym of ''
Lenifusus elongatus''
(Lamarck, 1822)
* ''Hemifusus ternatanus''
(Gmelin, 1791): synonym of ''
Brunneifusus ternatanus''
(Gmelin, 1791)
* † ''Hemifusus washingtonianus''
Weaver, 1912: synonym of † ''
Whitneyella washingtoniana''
(Weaver, 1912) (original combination)
* ''Hemifusus zhangyii'' Kosuge, 2008:
synonym of ''Pyrula elongata''
Lamarck, 1822: synonym of ''
Lenifusus elongatus''
(Lamarck, 1822)
References
This article incorporates public domain text from the reference.
* Vaught, K.C. (1989). ''A classification of the living Mollusca''. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). . XII, 195 pp
* Dekkers A. (2018). Two new genera in the family Melongenidae from the Indo-Pacific and comments on the identity of Hemifusus zhangyii Kosuge, 2008 and Pyrula elongata Lamarck, 1822 (Gastropoda, Neogastropoda: Buccinoidea). Gloria Maris. 57(2): 40-50
External links
Swainson, W. (1840). A treatise on malacology or shells and shell-fish. London, Longman. viii + 419 pp
Melongenidae
{{Melongenidae-stub