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

Plicifusus
Plicifusus kroyeri shell
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Buccinoidea
Family: Buccinidae
Genus: Plicifusus
Dall, 1902
Type species
Murex islandicus
Mohr, 1786
Synonyms[1]
  • Parasipho Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1912
  • Quasisipho Petrov, 1982

Species

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Species within the genus Plicifusus include:[1]

Species brought into synonymy
  • Plicifusus (Microfusus) Dall, 1916: synonym of Nassaria 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:[2] 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 [sic] : 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 ofPlicifusus 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

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  1. ^ a b c Plicifusus Dall, 1902. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 22 March 2012.
  2. ^ Plicifusus brunneus. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 April 2010.