''Fossarus'' is a
genus
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of
sea snail
Sea snails are slow-moving marine (ocean), marine gastropod Mollusca, molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the Taxonomic classification, taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguishe ...
s,
marine gastropod
Gastropods (), commonly known as slugs and snails, belong to a large Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...
mollusk
Mollusca is a phylum of protostomic invertebrate animals, whose members are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 76,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized, making it the second-largest animal phylum after Arthropoda. The ...
s in the
family
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Planaxidae
Planaxidae, commonly called planaxids or clusterwinks, are a Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic family (biology), family of small and minute sea snails, pantropical marine (ocean), marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Cerithioidea. They live o ...
.
Species
Species within the genus ''Fossarus'' include:
* ''
Fossarus abjectus''
(C.B. Adams, 1852)
* ''
Fossarus ambiguus
''Fossarus ambiguus'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Planaxidae.
Distribution
Description
The maximum recorded shell
Shell may refer to:
Architecture and design
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(Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus (23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné,#Blunt, Blunt (2004), p. 171. was a Swedish biologist and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the modern system of naming o ...
, 1758
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January–March
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)
* ''
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
* ''
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
* ''
Fossarus erythraoensis'':
taxon inquirendum
In biological classification, a ''species inquirenda'' is a species of doubtful identity requiring further investigation. The use of the term in English-language biological literature dates back to at least the early nineteenth century.
The ter ...
* ''
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
* ''
Fossarus lucanus''
Dall, 1919
* ''
Fossarus lui''
S.-I Huang, 2012
* ''
Fossarus macmurdensis''
(Hedley, 1911)
* ''
Fossarus mediocris''
de Folin, 1867
* ''
Fossarus megasoma''
(C.B. Adams, 1852)
* ''
Fossarus orbignyi''
P. Fischer, 1864
* ''
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
''Leucotina casta'' is a species of gastropods belonging to the family Amathinidae.
MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Leucotina casta (A. Adams, 1853). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/a ...
''
(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
''Tjaernoeia'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the informal group Lower Heterobranchia. They are named after the marine laboratory at Tjärnö, Strömstad, Sweden. Their shells are rounded, thin and translucent.
There are ...
''
(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
* Warén A. & Bouchet P. (1988) ''A new species of Vanikoridae from the western Mediterranean, with remarks on the Northeast Atlantic species of the family''. Bollettino Malacologico 24(5-8): 73-100
* Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). ''European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification''. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213
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Planaxidae
Taxa named by Rodolfo Amando Philippi