''Plicifusus'' is a
genus
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of
sea snail
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s, marine
gastropod
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This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusk
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s in the
family
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Buccinidae, the true whelks.
Species
Species within the genus ''Plicifusus'' include:
* ''
Plicifusus bambusus''
Tiba, 1980
* ''
Plicifusus croceus''
(Dall, 1907)
* ''
Plicifusus elaeodus''
(Dall, 1907)
* ''
Plicifusus hastarius''
Tiba, 1983
* ''
Plicifusus johanseni''
Dall, 1919
* ''
Plicifusus kroyeri''
(Möller, 1842)
* ''
Plicifusus levis''
Tiba, 1983
* ''
Plicifusus maehirai''
Tiba, 1980
* ''
Plicifusus mcleani''
Sirenko, 2009
* ''
Plicifusus minor''
(Dall, 1925)
* ''
Plicifusus oceanodromae''
Dall, 1919
* ''
Plicifusus olivaceus''
(Aurivillius, 1885)
* ''
Plicifusus rhyssus''
(Dall, 1907)
* ''
Plicifusus rodgersi''
(Gould, 1860)
* ''
Plicifusus scissuratus''
Dall, 1918
* ''
Plicifusus torquatus''
(Petrov, 1982)
;Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Plicifusus (Microfusus)'' Dall, 1916: synonym of ''
Nassaria
''Nassaria'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Tomliniinae of the family (biology), family Nassariidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Nassaria Link, 1807. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Spec ...
'' Link, 1807
* ''Plicifusus (Retifusus)'' Dall, 1916: synonym of ''Retifusus'' Dall, 1916
* ''Plicifusus arcticus'' (Philippi, 1850): synonym of ''Plicifusus kroeyeri'' (Möller, 1842)
* ''Plicifusus attenuatus''
(Golikov & Gulbin, 1977): synonym of ''
Retifusus attenuatus''
(Golikov & Gulbin, 1977)
* ''
Plicifusus barbarinus''
(Dall, 1919): synonym of ''
Colus barbarinus'' Dall, 1919
* ''Plicifusus brunneus'':
synonym of ''
Retifusus jessoensis'' (Schrenck, 1863)
* ''Plicifusus incisus'' Dall, 1919: synonym of ''Plicifusus olivaceus'' (Aurivillius, 1885)
* ''
Plicifusus iwateana''
(Tiba, 1981): synonym of ''
Mohnia iwateana'' Tiba, 1981
* ''Plicifusus jamarci'' Okutani, 1982: synonym of ''
Gaillea canetae'' (Clench & Aguayo, 1944)
* ''Plicifusus kroyeri''
ic: synonym of ''Plicifusus kroeyeri'' (Möller, 1842)
* ''Plicifusus manchuricus'' (A. Adams in E.A.Smith, 1875): synonym of ''
Retifusus jessoensis'' (Schrenck, 1863)
* ''Plicifusus multicostatus'' (Habe & Ito, 1965): synonym of ''
Retimohnia multicostata'' (Habe & Ito, 1965)
* ''Plicifusus obtustatus]' Golikov, in Golikov & Scarlato, 1985: synonym of ''Plicifusus kroeyeri'' (Möller, 1842)
* ''Plicifusus okhotskana'' Tiba, 1973: synonym of ''Plicifusus elaeodes'' (Dall, 1907)
* ''Plicifusus olivaceus'' Bartsch, 1929: synonym of ''
Retifusus olivaceus'' (Bartsch, 1929)
* ''Plicifusus parvus'' Tiba, 1980: synonym of ''
Retifusus roseus'' (Dall, 1877)
* ''Plicifusus polypleuratus'' (Dall, 1907): synonym of ''Plicifusus kroeyeri'' (Möller, 1842)
* ''
Plicifusus pulcius''
(Dall, 1919): synonym of ''
Colus pulcius'' (Dall, 1919)
* ''Plicifusus rhyssoides'' Dall, 1918: synonym of''Plicifusus rhyssus'' (Dall, 1907)
* ''Plicifusus saginatus'' Tiba, 1983: synonym of ''
Retifusus roseus'' (Dall, 1877)
* ''Plicifusus semiplicatus'' (Golikov, in Golikov & Scarlato, 1985): synonym of ''
Retifusus roseus'' (Dall, 1877)
* ''Plicifusus similis'' (Golikov & Gulbin, 1977): synonym of ''
Retifusus similis'' (Golikov & Gulbin, 1977)
* ''Plicifusus stejnegeri'' (Dall, 1884): synonym of ''
Turrivolutopsius stejnegeri'' (Dall, 1884)
* ''Plicifusus sugiyamai'' Ozaki, 1958 † : synonym of ''Plicifusus rhyssoides'' Dall, 1918
* ''Plicifusus wakasanus'' Dall, 1918: synonym of ''Plicifusus rhyssus'' (Dall, 1907)
* ''Plicifusus yanamii'' (Yokoyama, 1926): synonym of ''
Retifusus yanamii'' (Yokoyama, 1926)
References
Kosyan A.R. & Kantor Y.I. (2012) ''Revision of the genus Plicifusus Dall, 1902 (Gastropoda: Buccinidae)''. Ruthenica 22(2): 55-92
Buccinidae
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