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Hemifusus
Genus of gastropods From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Hemifusus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Melongenidae, the crown conches and their allies.[2]
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Description
The type description of genus Hemifusus by English malacologist William 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 alfi Thach, 2021
- Hemifusus boucheti Thach, 2017
- † Hemifusus charlieleei Harzhauser, Raven & Landau, 2018
- Hemifusus colosseus Lamarck, 1816
- Hemifusus crassacauda Philippi, 1849
- Hemifusus hitoshiikedai Thach, 2020
- Hemifusus kawamurai Kira, 1965
- Hemifusus schuetti Alf & Thach, 2021
- Hemifusus treudei Alf & Thach, 2021
- Hemifusus tuba Gmelin, 1791
- Hemifusus vietnamensis Thach, 2023
- Hemifusus yurikantori Thach, 2017
- 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
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