Aulacofusus

Aulacofusus
Aulacofusus brevicauda shell (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Buccinoidea
Family: Buccinidae
Genus: Aulacofusus
W.H. Dall, 1918
Type species
Fusus spitzbergensis
Reeve, 1855
Species

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Synonyms[1]
  • Colus (Aulacofusus) Dall, 1918
  • Plicifusus (Aulacofusus)

Aulacofusus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Neptuneinae of the family Buccinidae, the true whelks.[1]

Species

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According to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), the following species with valid names are included within the genus Aulacofusus :[1]

Species brought into synonymy
  • Aulacofusus capponius (Dall, 1919): synonym of Colus pulcius (Dall, 1919)
  • Aulacofusus halidonus Dall, 1919: synonym of Colus halidonus (Dall, 1919) (original combination)
  • Aulacofusus halimeris Dall, 1919: synonym of Colus halimeris (Dall, 1919) (original combination)
  • Aulacofusus insulapratasensis Okutani & Lan, 1994: synonym of Phaenomenella insulapratasensis (Okutani & Lan, 1994) (original combination)
  • Aulacofusus kurilensis Golikov & Gulbin, 1977: synonym of Aulacofusus brevicauda (Deshayes, 1832)
  • Aulacofusus morditus Dall, 1919: synonym of Latisipho morditus (Dall, 1919) (original combination)
  • Aulacofusus nobilis (Dall, 1919): synonym of Aulacofusus herendeeni (Dall, 1902)
  • Aulacofusus pulcius Dall, 1919: synonym of Colus pulcius (Dall, 1919) (original combination)
  • Aulacofusus sapius (Dall, 1919): synonym of Fusipagoda sapia (Dall, 1919)
  • Aulacofusus schantaricus (Middendorff, 1849): synonym of Aulacofusus brevicauda (Deshayes, 1832)
  • Aulacofusus severinus Dall, 1919: synonym of Latisipho severinus (Dall, 1919) (original combination)
  • Aulacofusus spitzbergensis (Reeve, 1855): synonym of Aulacofusus brevicauda (Deshayes, 1832)
  • Aulacofusus timetus Dall, 1919: synonym of Latisipho timetus (Dall, 1919) (original combination)

References

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  1. ^ a b c Aulacofusus Dall, 1918. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 29 August 2010.
  • Kosyan A.R. & Kantor Yu.I. (2013). Revision of the genus Aulacofusus Dall, 1918 (Gastropoda: Buccinidae). Ruthenica<. 23(1): 1-33.