''Pisania'' is a genus of marine whelk in the family

Pisaniidae The Pisaniidae are a taxonomic family of medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Buccinoidea.Rosenberg, G. (2018). Pisaniidae Gray, 1857. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespeci ...

. Some species prey on barnacles.

Species

According to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) species with accepted names within the genus ''Pisania'' include: * ''

Pisania angusta ''Pisania'' is a genus of marine whelk in the family Pisaniidae. Some species prey on barnacles. Species According to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) species with accepted names within the genus ''Pisania'' include: * '' Pisania an ...

'' Smith, 1899 * ''

Pisania bilirata ''Pisania'' is a genus of marine whelk in the family Pisaniidae. Some species prey on barnacles. Species According to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) species with accepted names within the genus ''Pisania'' include: * '' Pisania an ...

'' (Reeve, 1846) * ''

Pisania costata ''Pisania'' is a genus of marine whelk in the family Pisaniidae. Some species prey on barnacles. Species According to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) species with accepted names within the genus ''Pisania'' include: * '' Pisania an ...

'' Thiele, 1925 * ''

Pisania decollata ''Pisania'' is a genus of marine whelk in the family Pisaniidae. Some species prey on barnacles. Species According to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) species with accepted names within the genus ''Pisania'' include: * ''Pisania ang ...

'' (Sowerby I, 1833) * ''

Pisania fasciculata ''Pisania fasciculata'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Pisaniidae, first described in 1846 by Lovell Augustus Reeve as ''Buccinum fasciculatum.'' Description The length of the shell attains 19.5 mm. Distr ...

'' (Reeve, 1846) * ''

Pisania gracilis ''Pisania'' is a genus of marine whelk in the family Pisaniidae. Some species prey on barnacles. Species According to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) species with accepted names within the genus ''Pisania'' include: * '' Pisania an ...

'' (Sowerby, 1859) * ''

Pisania hedleyi ''Pisania'' is a genus of marine whelk in the family Pisaniidae. Some species prey on barnacles. Species According to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) species with accepted names within the genus ''Pisania'' include: * '' Pisania an ...

'' (Iredale, 1912) * ''

Pisania hermannseni ''Pisania'' is a genus of marine whelk in the family Pisaniidae. Some species prey on barnacles. Species According to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) species with accepted names within the genus ''Pisania'' include: * '' Pisania an ...

'' A. Adams, 1855 * ''

Pisania ignea ''Pisania ignea'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pisaniidae The Pisaniidae are a taxonomic family of medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Buccinoidea.Rosenberg, G. (2018 ...

'' (Gmelin, 1790) * ''

Pisania jenningsi ''Pisania'' is a genus of marine whelk in the family Pisaniidae. Some species prey on barnacles. Species According to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) species with accepted names within the genus ''Pisania'' include: * '' Pisania an ...

'' (Cernohorsky, 1966) * ''

Pisania lirocincta ''Pisania'' is a genus of marine whelk in the family Pisaniidae. Some species prey on barnacles. Species According to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) species with accepted names within the genus ''Pisania'' include: * '' Pisania an ...

'' G.B. Sowerby III, 1910 * ''

Pisania luctuosa ''Pisania luctuosa'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pisaniidae The Pisaniidae are a taxonomic family of medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Buccinoidea.Rosenberg, G. (2 ...

'' Tapparone-Canefri, 1880 * † ''

Pisania magna ''Pisania'' is a genus of marine whelk in the family Pisaniidae. Some species prey on barnacles. Species According to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) species with accepted names within the genus ''Pisania'' include: * '' Pisania an ...

'' Foresti, 1868 * † ''

Pisania mariavictoriae ''Pisania'' is a genus of marine whelk in the family Pisaniidae. Some species prey on barnacles. Species According to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) species with accepted names within the genus ''Pisania'' include: * '' Pisania an ...

'' Brunetti & Della Bella, 2016 * † ''

Pisania plioangustata ''Pisania'' is a genus of marine whelk in the family Pisaniidae. Some species prey on barnacles. Species According to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) species with accepted names within the genus ''Pisania'' include: * '' Pisania an ...

'' Sacco, 1904 * '' Pisania pusio'' (Linnaeus, 1758) * ''

Pisania rosadoi ''Pisania rosadoi'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pisaniidae The Pisaniidae are a taxonomic family of medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Buccinoidea.Rosenberg, G. (201 ...

'' Bozzetti & Ferrario, 2005 * ''

Pisania scholvieni ''Pisania'' is a genus of marine whelk in the family Pisaniidae. Some species prey on barnacles. Species According to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) species with accepted names within the genus ''Pisania'' include: * '' Pisania an ...

'' Rolle, 1892 *''

Pisania solomonensis ''Pisania'' is a genus of marine whelk in the family Pisaniidae. Some species prey on barnacles. Species According to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) species with accepted names within the genus ''Pisania'' include: * '' Pisania an ...

'' E.A.Smith, 1876 * ''

Pisania striata ''Pisania striata'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pisaniidae. Description The length of the shell attains 22.8 mm. Distribution This species occurs in the Gulf of Naples The Gulf of Naples (), also ...

'' (Gmelin, 1791) * ''

Pisania sugimotoi ''Pisania'' is a genus of marine whelk in the family Pisaniidae. Some species prey on barnacles. Species According to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) species with accepted names within the genus ''Pisania'' include: * '' Pisania an ...

'' (Habe, 1968) * † ''

Pisania transsylvanica ''Pisania'' is a genus of marine whelk in the family Pisaniidae. Some species prey on barnacles. Species According to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) species with accepted names within the genus ''Pisania'' include: * '' Pisania an ...

'' (Hoernes & Auinger, 1884) * ''

Pisania tritonoides ''Pisania'' is a genus of marine whelk in the family Pisaniidae. Some species prey on barnacles. Species According to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) species with accepted names within the genus ''Pisania'' include: * '' Pisania an ...

'' (Reeve, 1846) *

Pisania unicolor ''Pisania'' is a genus of marine whelk in the family Pisaniidae. Some species prey on barnacles. Species According to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) species with accepted names within the genus ''Pisania'' include: * '' Pisania an ...

'' (Angas, 1876) ;Taxon inquirendum: * ''

Pisania amphodon ''Pisania'' is a genus of marine whelk in the family Pisaniidae. Some species prey on barnacles. Species According to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) species with accepted names within the genus ''Pisania'' include: * '' Pisania an ...

'' van Martens, 1880 * ''

Pisania strigata ''Pisania'' is a genus of marine whelk in the family Pisaniidae. Some species prey on barnacles. Species According to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) species with accepted names within the genus ''Pisania'' include: * '' Pisania an ...

'' Pease, 1863 The Shell-bearing Mollusca database also adds the following names * ''

Pisania australis ''Pisania'' is a genus of marine whelk in the family Pisaniidae. Some species prey on barnacles. Species According to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) species with accepted names within the genus ''Pisania'' include: * '' Pisania an ...

'' W. H. Pease, 1871 Australia * '' Pisania brevialaxe'' T. Kuroda & T. Habe, 1961 Australia * ''

Pisania clathrata ''Pisania'' is a genus of marine whelk in the family Pisaniidae. Some species prey on barnacles. Species According to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) species with accepted names within the genus ''Pisania'' include: * '' Pisania an ...

'' Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1906 Morocco * '' Pisania grimaldii'' Ph. Dautzenberg, 1889 Australia ; Synonymized species: * ''Pisania aequilirata'' Carpenter, 1857: synonym of '' Pusio elegans'' (Gray in Griffith & Pidgeon, 1833) * ''Pisania auritula'' Link, 1807 East America : synonym of '' Gemophos auritulus'' (Link, 1807) * † ''Pisania baetica'' Lozano-Francisco & Vera-Peláez, 2006 : synonym of † ''

'' Foresti, 1868 * ''Pisania bednalli'' G. B. Sowerby III, 1895: synonym of '' Pollia bednalli'' (G. B. Sowerby III, 1895) (original combination) * ''Pisania bernardoi'' Costa & dos Santos Gomes, 1998: synonym of ''

Dianthiphos bernardoi ''Dianthiphos bernardoi'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pisaniidae The Pisaniidae are a taxonomic family of medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Buccinoidea.Rosenberg, ...

'' (Costa & Gomes, 1998) * ''Pisania billeheusti'' Petit, 1946 Hawaiian Islands: synonym of ''

Prodotia iostoma ''Prodotia iostoma'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Prodotiidae. Description Distribution This marine species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Aldabra and the Mascarenes; also off New Caledonia and New Ze ...

'' (Gray, 1834) * ''Pisania cingulata'' (Reeve, 1846): synonym of '' Japeuthria cingulata'' (Reeve, 1846) * ''Pisania cingulatum''(sic): synonym of '' Japeuthria cingulata'' (Reeve, 1846) * ''Pisania crenilabrum'' A. Adams, 1855: synonym of ''

'' (Reeve, 1846) * ''Pisania crocata'' (Reeve, 1846): synonym of ''

Prodotia crocata ''Prodotia crocata'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Prodotiidae. Description Distribution This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off the Mascarene Basin and Mauritius Mauritius ( ; french: Maurice ...

'' (Reeve, 1846) * ''Pisania dorbignyi'' Payraudeau, 1826: synonym of '' Pollia dorbignyi'' (Payraudeau, 1826): synonym of '' Aplus dorbignyi'' (Payraudeau, 1826) * ''Pisania englerti'' Hertlein, 1960: synonym of ''

Caducifer englerti ''Caducifer'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Prodotiidae.Rosenberg, G.; Bouchet, P. (2018). Caducifer Dall, 1904. In: MolluscaBase (2018). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marines ...

'' (Hertlein, 1960) * ''Pisania ferrea'' (L. A. Reeve, 1847) Indo-Pacific: synonym of ''

Japeuthria ferrea ''Japeuthria'' is a monospecific genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Family (from la, familia) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (b ...

'' (Reeve, 1847) * ''Pisania flavescens'' Hutton, 1884: synonym of ''Buccinulum vittatum vittatum'' (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833) represented as '' Buccinulum vittatum'' (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833) * ''Pisania fortis'' Carpenter, 1866: synonym of †'' Pusio fortis'' (Carpenter, 1866) (original combination) * ''Pisania gaskelli'' Melvill, 1891 : synonym of ''

Orania gaskelli ''Orania gaskelli'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae Muricidae is a large and varied taxonomic family of small to large predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks, commonly known as murex s ...

'' (Melvill, 1891) * ''Pisania gracilis'' (Reeve, 1846): synonym of ''

Prodotia lannumi ''Prodotia'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Prodotiidae. Species Species within the genus ''Prodotia'' include: * ''Prodotia castanea'' (Melvill, 1912) * ''Prodotia crocata'' (Reeve, 1846) * ''Prodotia iost ...

'' (Schwengel, 1950) * ''Pisania janeirensis'' (Philippi, 1849): synonym of ''Pisania pusio'' (Linnaeus, 1758) * ''Pisania karinae'' (Nowell-Usticke, 1959): synonym of ''

Hesperisternia karinae ''Hesperisternia karinae'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pisaniidae The Pisaniidae are a taxonomic family of medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Buccinoidea.Rosenbe ...

'' (Nowell-Usticke, 1959) * ''Pisania laevigata'' Bivona-Bernardi, 1832: synonym of'' Mitrella scripta'' (Linnaeus, 1758) * ''Pisania maculosa'' (Lamarck, 1822): synonym of ''Pisania striata'' (Gmelin, 1791) * † ''Pisania media'' Hutton, 1885 : synonym of † '' Buccinulum medium'' (Hutton, 1885) * ''Pisania mollis'' A. A. Gould, 1860 Indo-Pacific: synonym of ''

Pollia mollis ''Pollia'' may refer to: * ''Pollia'' (gastropod), a sea snail genus * ''Pollia'' (plant), a plant genus * Pollia gens, an ancient Roman family *Pollia, a Roman tribe A ''tribus'', or tribe, was a division of the Roman people, constituting the vo ...

'' (Gould, 1860) (original combination) * ''Pisania montrouzieri'' Crosse, 1862: synonym of ''Pisania fasciculata'' (Reeve, 1846) * ''Pisania naevosa'' Martens, 1880: synonym of ''Prodotia naevosa'' (Martens, 1880) (original combination); synonym of '' Sinetectula naevosa'' (E. von Martens, 1880) (original combination) * ''Pisania nodulosa'' Bivona Ant., 1832: synonym of '' Pollia dorbignyi'' (Payraudeau, 1826) * ''Pisania orbignyi'' ic synonym of '' Aplus dorbignyi'' (Payraudeau, 1826) (incorrect subsequent spelling of dorbignyi (Payraudeau, 1826)) * † ''Pisania plioalboranensis'' Lozano-Francisco & Vera-Peláez, 2006 : synonym of † ''

'' Sacco, 1904 * ''Pisania reticulata'' A. Adams, 1855: synonym of ''Cumia mestayerae'' (Iredale, 1915) (invalid: secondary homonym of ''Colubraria'' or ''

Cumia reticulata ''Cumia reticulata'',Bouchet, P. (2010). Cumia reticulata (Blainville, 1829). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=527497 on 2017-11-15 common name ...

'' (Blainville, 1829); ''Fusus mestayerae'' is a replacement name) * ''Pisania rubiginosa'' Reeve, 1846: synonym of ''

Pollia rubiginosa ''Pollia rubiginosa'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Pisaniidae. Description The shell size varies between 20 mm and 30 mm Distribution This species occurs in the Red Sea, in the Indian Ocean off ...

'' (Reeve, 1846) * ''Pisania schoutanica'' May, 1910 synonym of '' Fusus schoutanicus'' (May, 1910) * ''Pisania striatula'' Bivona-Bernardi, 1832: synonym of ''Pisania striata'' (Gmelin, 1791) * ''Pisania tinctus'' (T. A. Conrad, 1846) East America: synonym of ''

Gemophos tinctus ''Gemophos tinctus'', the tinted cantharus, painted cantharus, or gaudy lesser whelk, is a species of sea snail in the family Pisaniidae. Description The size of the shell varies between 19 mm and 32 mm. Distribution This marine sp ...

'' (Conrad, 1846)÷ * ''Pisania townsendi'' Melvill, 1918: synonym of ''

Prodotia townsendi ''Prodotia'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Prodotiidae. Species Species within the genus ''Prodotia'' include: * ''Prodotia castanea'' (Melvill, 1912) * ''Prodotia crocata'' (Reeve, 1846) * ''Prodotia iost ...

'' (Melvill, 1918) * ''Pisania truncatus'' Hinds, 1844: synonym of ''

Caducifer truncatus ''Caducifer truncatus'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Prodotiidae. Description Distribution This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off the Aldabra Aldabra is the world's second-largest coral atoll, ...

'' (Hinds, 1844)

References

* Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). ''Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification''. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213

External links

Bivona-Bernardi Ant. 1832. ''Caratteri d'un nuovo genere di conchiglie della famiglia delle Columellarie del Signor de Lamarck.'' Effemeride Scientifiche e Letterarie per la Sicilia 2(1): 8-13

Iredale, T. (1912). New generic names and new species of marine Mollusca. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London. 10(3): 217-228, pl. 9

Cernohorsky, W. O. (1966). A new genus and species of Buccinidae from the Fiji Islands (Mollusca: Gastropoda). The Veliger. 9(2): 229-232

Dall, W. H. (1904). An historical and systematic review of the frogshells and tritons. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. 47: 114-144
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