Hemifusus

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

Hemifusus
Shell of Hemifusus ternatanus from Japan at the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Family:
Melongenidae
Genus:
Hemifusus

Type species
Pugilina (Hemifusus) colosseus
Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de, 1822
Synonyms[2]
  • Pugilina (Hemifusus) Swainson, 1840
  • Semifusus Agassiz, 1846

Description

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

Species within the genus Hemifusus include:

  • Hemifusus colosseus (Lamarck, 1816)
  • Hemifusus crassacauda (Philippi, 1849)
  • Hemifusus elongatus (Lamarck, 1822)
  • Hemifusus kawamurai Kira, 1965
  • Hemifusus ternatanus (Gmelin, 1791)
  • Hemifusus tuba (Gmelin, 1791)
  • Hemifusus zhangyii Kosuge, 2008[3]
Species brought into synonymy
  • Hemifusus crassicaudus (Philippi, 1849) : synonym of Hemifusus crassacauda (Philippi, 1849)

References

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. Swainson W. J. (1840). A treatise on malacology; or the natural classification of shells and shellfish. Lardner's Cabinet Cyclopedia. London. 91: 308.
  2. 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.


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