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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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