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Aulacofusus Dall, 1918

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Mollusca - mollusks »  class Gastropoda - gastropods »  order Neogastropoda »  family Buccinidae - Whelks »  subfamily Neptuneinae

Scientific synonyms

Colus (Aulacofusus) Dall, 1918
Plicifusus (Aulacofusus) Dall, 1918

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Description

Diagnosis: Small to medium size (to 9 cm); shell fusiform, whorls rounded. Axial sculpture absent. Spiral sculpture pronounced; protoconch and apical whorls projecting, siphonal canal short to relatively long.
Mclean, J. H. & Clark, R. N., 2023. Seven new genera and thirty-four new species of buccinoid gastropods (Neogastropoda: Buccinidae) from the Aleutian Islands, Alaska.
Author: Jan Delsing

Included taxa

Number of records: 14

species Aulacofusus brevicauda (Deshayes, 1832)

Aulacofusus brevicauda

species Aulacofusus caerulescens Kuroda & Habe in Habe, 1961
species Aulacofusus calamaeus (Dall, 1907)

Aulacofusus calamaeus

species Aulacofusus calathus (Dall, 1919)

Aulacofusus calathus

species Aulacofusus canaliculatus McLean & Clark, 2023

Aulacofusus canaliculatus

species Aulacofusus dimidiatus Dall, 1919 inq.
species Aulacofusus esychus (Dall, 1907)

Aulacofusus esychus

species Aulacofusus gulbini Kosyan & Kantor, 2013
species Aulacofusus herendeeni (Dall, 1902)

Aulacofusus herendeeni

species Aulacofusus hiranoi (Shikama, 1962)

Aulacofusus hiranoi

species Aulacofusus ombronius (Dall, 1919)

Aulacofusus ombronius

species Aulacofusus periscelidus (Dall, 1891)

Aulacofusus periscelidus

species Aulacofusus tanagaensis McLean & Clark, 2023

Aulacofusus tanagaensis

species Aulacofusus trophius (Dall, 1919) inq.

Aulacofusus trophius


Links and literature

EN The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera [1292340]

Rees, T. (compiler): The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera [https://www.irmng.org] [as Aulacofusus Dall, 1918]
Data retrieved on: 30 November 2019
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inq. nomen inquirendum - doubtful identity, needs further investigation



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