''Aulacofusus'' is a
genus
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of
sea snail
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s, marine
gastropod
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This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...
mollusk
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s in the subfamily
Neptuneinae of the
family
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Buccinidae
The Buccinidae are a very large and diverse taxonomic family of large sea snails, often known as whelks or true whelks.Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2010). Buccinidae. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Ac ...
, the true whelks.
Species
According to the
World Register of Marine Species
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(WoRMS), the following species with valid names are included within the genus ''Aulacofusus'' :
* ''
Aulacofusus brevicauda''
(Deshayes, 1832)
* ''
Aulacofusus calamaeus''
(Dall, 1907)
* ''
Aulacofusus calathus''
(Dall, 1919)
* ''
Aulacofusus coerulescens''
Kuroda & Habe in Habe, 1961
* ''
Aulacofusus esychus''
(Dall, 1907)
* ''
Aulacofusus gulbini''
Kosyan & Kantor, 2013
* ''
Aulacofusus herendeeni''
(Dall, 1902)
* ''
Aulacofusus hiranoi''
(Shikama, 1962)
* ''
Aulacofusus ombronius''
(Dall, 1919)
* ''
Aulacofusus periscelidus''
(Dall, 1891)
;Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Aulacofusus capponius''
(Dall, 1919): synonym of ''
Colus pulcius''
(Dall, 1919)
* ''Aulacofusus halidonus''
Dall, 1919: synonym of ''
Colus halidonus''
(Dall, 1919) (original combination)
* ''Aulacofusus halimeris''
Dall, 1919: synonym of ''
Colus halimeris
''Colus'' (lat. ''colus'', distaff) is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Colidae, the true whelks and the like.
Evolution
''Colus'' is related to the New Zealand genus ''Austrofusus''.
Taxonomy
The name ''Colus'' i ...
''
(Dall, 1919) (original combination)
* ''Aulacofusus insulapratasensis''
Okutani & Lan, 1994: synonym of ''
Phaenomenella insulapratasensis''
(Okutani & Lan, 1994) (original combination)
* ''Aulacofusus kurilensis''
Golikov & Gulbin, 1977: synonym of ''
Aulacofusus brevicauda''
(Deshayes, 1832)
* ''Aulacofusus morditus''
Dall, 1919: synonym of ''
Latisipho morditus''
(Dall, 1919) (original combination)
* ''Aulacofusus nobilis''
(Dall, 1919): synonym of ''Aulacofusus herendeeni''
(Dall, 1902)
* ''Aulacofusus pulcius''
Dall, 1919: synonym of ''
Colus pulcius''
(Dall, 1919) (original combination)
* ''Aulacofusus sapius''
(Dall, 1919): synonym of ''
Fusipagoda sapia''
(Dall, 1919)
* ''Aulacofusus schantaricus''
(Middendorff, 1849): synonym of ''Aulacofusus brevicauda''
(Deshayes, 1832)
* ''Aulacofusus severinus''
Dall, 1919: synonym of ''
Latisipho severinus''
(Dall, 1919) (original combination)
* ''Aulacofusus spitzbergensis''
(Reeve, 1855): synonym of ''Aulacofusus brevicauda''
(Deshayes, 1832)
* ''Aulacofusus timetus''
Dall, 1919: synonym of ''
Latisipho timetus''
(Dall, 1919) (original combination)
References
* Kosyan A.R. & Kantor Yu.I. (2013). ''Revision of the genus Aulacofusus Dall, 1918 (Gastropoda: Buccinidae).'' Ruthenica<. 23(1): 1-33.
Buccinidae
Gastropod genera
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