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Hemifusus

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Hemifusus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Buccinoidea
Family: Melongenidae
Genus: Hemifusus
Swainson, 1840[1]
Type species
Pugilina (Hemifusus) colosseus
Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de, 1822
Synonyms[2]
  • Pugilina (Hemifusus) Swainson, 1840
  • Semifusus Agassiz, 1846

Hemifusus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Melongenidae, the crown conches and their allies.[2]

Description

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The type description of genus Hemifusus by English malacologist William John Swainson reads as follows:[1]

Unequally fusiform, the spire being shorter than aperture; shell ponderous, coronated with compressed spines; and internal and ascending canal at the top of aperture.

Species

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Species within the genus Hemifusus include:

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 Brunneifusus ternatanus Gmelin, 1791
  • 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:[3] synonym of Pyrula elongata Lamarck, 1822: synonym of Brunneifusus ternatanus Gmelin, 1791

References

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This article incorporates public domain text from the reference.[1]

  • Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp
  1. ^ a b c Swainson W. J. (1840). A treatise on malacology; or the natural classification of shells and shellfish. Lardner's Cabinet Cyclopedia. London. 91: 308.
  2. ^ a b Hemifusus Swainson, 1840. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 2 April 2011.
  3. ^ Hemifusus zhangyii Kosuge, 2008. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 12 April 2010.
  • 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
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