Aulacofusus

Aulacofusus
Aulacofusus brevicauda shell (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
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

See text

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]

General characteristics

Another group of species within Colus, typified by Fusus spitzbergensis Reeve (synonym of Aulacofusus brevicauda (Deshayes, 1832)) has a special aspect due to the short siphonal canal and the prominence of the spiral ribs separated by chaneled interspaces. It may be called Aulacofusus [2]

Species

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

Taxa inquerenda
  • Aulacofusus dimidiatus Dall, 1919
  • Aulacofusus trophius Dall, 1919
Species brought into synonymy
  • Aulacofusus capponius (Dall, 1919): synonym of Colus pulcius (Dall, 1919)
  • Aulacofusus georgianus Dall, 1921: synonym of Latisipho georgianus (Dall, 1921) (superseded combination)
  • 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

  1. ^ a b c Aulacofusus Dall, 1918. 21 January 2026. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
  2. ^ Dall, W.H. (1918). "Notes on Chrysodomus and other mollusks from the North Pacific Ocean". Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 55 (2234): 217. Retrieved 21 January 2026. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  • Kosyan A.R. & Kantor Yu.I. (2013). Revision of the genus Aulacofusus Dall, 1918 (Gastropoda: Buccinidae). Ruthenica<. 23(1): 1-33.