Fossarus

Fossarus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Sorbeoconcha
Superfamily:	Cerithioidea
Family:	Planaxidae
Subfamily:	Fossarinae
Genus:	Fossarus Philippi, 1841[1]
Type species
Fossarus adansoni Philippi, 1841
Synonyms[2]
Fossar Gray, 1847 (invalid: unjustified emendation of Fossarus) Maravignia Aradas & Maggiore, 1844

Fossarus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Planaxidae.[2]

Species

Species within the genus Fossarus include:

• Fossarus abjectus (C.B. Adams, 1852)
• Fossarus ambiguus (Linnaeus, 1758)[3]
• Fossarus angiostoma (C.B. Adams, 1852)
• Fossarus angulatus Carpenter, 1857
• Fossarus atratus (C.B. Adams, 1852)
• Fossarus beccarii (Tapparone Canefri, 1875)
• Fossarus bellus Dall, 1889[4]
• Fossarus brumalis Hedley, 1907
• Fossarus cancellarius Melvill, 1918
• Fossarus capensis Pilsbry, 1901
• Fossarus cereus Watson, 1880
• Fossarus cumingii (A. Adams, 1855)
• Fossarus dentifer E. A. Smith, 1890
• Fossarus elegans Verrill & Smith, 1882[5]
• Fossarus erythraoensis:[6] taxon inquirendum
• Fossarus eutorniscus Melvill, 1918
• Fossarus excavatus (C.B. Adams, 1852)
• Fossarus fischeri Mörch, 1877
• Fossarus foveatus (C.B. Adams, 1852)
• Fossarus garrettii Pease, 1868
• Fossarus guayaquilensis Bartsch, 1928
• Fossarus japonicus (A. Adams, 1861)
• Fossarus laeviusculus E. A. Smith, 1890
• Fossarus lamellosus Mountrouzier, 1861 [7]
• Fossarus lucanus Dall, 1919
• Fossarus lui S.-I Huang, 2012
• Fossarus macmurdensis (Hedley, 1911)[8]
• Fossarus mediocris de Folin, 1867
• Fossarus megasoma (C.B. Adams, 1852)
• Fossarus orbignyi P. Fischer, 1864[9]
• Fossarus porcatus (Philippi, 1845)
• Fossarus purus Carpenter, 1864
• Fossarus sydneyensis Hedley, 1900
• Fossarus tornatilis (Gould, 1859)
• Fossarus translucens Barnard, 1969
• Fossarus trochlearis A. Adams, 1853
• Fossarus tuberosus Carpenter, 1857

Species brought into synonymy

• Fossarus adansoni Philippi, 1841: synonym of Fossarus ambiguus (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Fossarus aptus Melvill, 1912: synonym of Fossarus ambiguus (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Fossarus bulimoides Tenison Woods, 1877: synonym of Leucotina casta (A. Adams, 1853)
• Fossarus clathratus Philippi, 1844: synonym of Clathrella clathrata (Philippi, 1844)
• Fossarus (Gottoina) compacta Dall, 1889: synonym of Haplocochlias compactus (Dall, 1889)
• Fossarus depressus Seguenza, 1876: synonym of Megalomphalus disciformis (Granata-Grillo, 1877)
• Fossarus disciformis Granata-Grillo, 1877: synonym of Megalomphalus disciformis (Granata-Grillo, 1877)
• Fossarius doliaris A. Adams, 1863: synonym of Conradia doliaris A. Adams, 1863
• Fossarus excavatus Gaglini, 1987: synonym of Rugulina monterosatoi (van Aartsen & Bogi, 1987)
• Fossarus globulosus Turton, 1932: synonym of Couthouyia incerta (Turton, 1932)
• Fossarus granulum Brugnone, 1873: synonym of Pseudorbis granulum (Brugnone, 1873)
• Fossarus hyalinus Odhner, 1924: synonym of Scrupus hyalinus (Odhner, 1924)
• Fossarus incertus Turton, 1932: synonym of Couthouyia incerta (Turton, 1932)
• Fossarus iwateanus Nomura & Hatai, 1935: synonym of Phasianema lirata (A. Adams, 1860)
• Fossarus lanoei Baudon, 1857: synonym of Fossarus ambiguus (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Fossarus monterosati Granata-Grillo, 1877: synonym of Tjaernoeia exquisita (Jeffreys, 1883)
• Fossarus parcipictus Carpenter, 1864: synonym of Echinolittorina parcipicta (Carpenter, 1864)
• Fossarus petitianus Tiberi, 1869: synonym of Megalomphalus petitianus (Tiberi, 1869)
• Fossarus saxicola (C.B. Adams, 1852): synonym of Elachisina saxicola (C. B. Adams, 1852)
• Fossarus yamamotoi Habe, 1978: synonym of Macromphalus yamamotoi (Habe, 1978)

References

1. Philippi R. A. (1841). Zoologische Bemerkungen. Arch. Naturgesch. 7(1): 42
2. Fossarus Philippi, 1841. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 10 April 2012.
3. Fossarus ambiguus (Linnaeus, 1758). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 May 2010.
4. Fossarus bellus Dall, 1889. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 May 2010.
5. Fossarus elegans Verrill & Smith, 1882. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 May 2010.
6. Fossarus erythraoensis. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 May 2010.
7. Fossarus lamellosus Mountrouzier. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 May 2010.
8. Fossarus macmurdensis (Hedley, 1911). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 May 2010.
9. Fossarus orbignyi P. Fischer, 1864. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 May 2010.

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