''Plicifusus'' 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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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
Species within the genus ''Plicifusus'' include:
* ''
Plicifusus bambusus''
Tiba, 1980
* ''
Plicifusus croceus''
(Dall, 1907)
* ''
Plicifusus elaeodus''
(Dall, 1907)
* ''
Plicifusus hastarius''
Tiba, 1983
* ''
Plicifusus johanseni''
Dall, 1919
* ''
Plicifusus kroyeri''
(Möller, 1842)
* ''
Plicifusus levis''
Tiba, 1983
* ''
Plicifusus maehirai''
Tiba, 1980
* ''
Plicifusus mcleani''
Sirenko, 2009
* ''
Plicifusus minor''
(Dall, 1925)
* ''
Plicifusus oceanodromae''
Dall, 1919
* ''
Plicifusus olivaceus''
(Aurivillius, 1885)
* ''
Plicifusus rhyssus''
(Dall, 1907)
* ''
Plicifusus rodgersi''
(Gould, 1860)
* ''
Plicifusus scissuratus''
Dall, 1918
* ''
Plicifusus torquatus''
(Petrov, 1982)
;Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Plicifusus (Microfusus)'' Dall, 1916: synonym of ''
Nassaria
''Nassaria'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the subfamily Tomliniinae of the family (biology), family Nassariidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Nassaria Link, 1807. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Spec ...
'' Link, 1807
* ''Plicifusus (Retifusus)'' Dall, 1916: synonym of ''Retifusus'' Dall, 1916
* ''Plicifusus arcticus'' (Philippi, 1850): synonym of ''Plicifusus kroeyeri'' (Möller, 1842)
* ''Plicifusus attenuatus''
(Golikov & Gulbin, 1977): synonym of ''
Retifusus attenuatus''
(Golikov & Gulbin, 1977)
* ''
Plicifusus barbarinus''
(Dall, 1919): synonym of ''
Colus barbarinus'' Dall, 1919
* ''Plicifusus brunneus'':
synonym of ''
Retifusus jessoensis'' (Schrenck, 1863)
* ''Plicifusus incisus'' Dall, 1919: synonym of ''Plicifusus olivaceus'' (Aurivillius, 1885)
* ''
Plicifusus iwateana''
(Tiba, 1981): synonym of ''
Mohnia iwateana'' Tiba, 1981
* ''Plicifusus jamarci'' Okutani, 1982: synonym of ''
Gaillea canetae
''Gaillea canetae'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Eosiphonidae
The Eosiphonidae are a taxonomic family of large sea snails, often known as whelk
Whelks are any of several carnivorous sea snail spec ...
'' (Clench & Aguayo, 1944)
* ''Plicifusus kroyeri''
ic: synonym of ''Plicifusus kroeyeri'' (Möller, 1842)
* ''Plicifusus manchuricus'' (A. Adams in E.A.Smith, 1875): synonym of ''
Retifusus jessoensis'' (Schrenck, 1863)
* ''Plicifusus multicostatus'' (Habe & Ito, 1965): synonym of ''
Retimohnia multicostata'' (Habe & Ito, 1965)
* ''Plicifusus obtustatus'' Golikov, in Golikov & Scarlato, 1985: synonym of ''Plicifusus kroeyeri'' (Möller, 1842)
* ''Plicifusus okhotskana'' Tiba, 1973: synonym of ''Plicifusus elaeodes'' (Dall, 1907)
* ''Plicifusus olivaceus'' Bartsch, 1929: synonym of ''
Retifusus olivaceus'' (Bartsch, 1929)
* ''Plicifusus parvus'' Tiba, 1980: synonym of ''
Retifusus roseus'' (Dall, 1877)
* ''Plicifusus polypleuratus'' (Dall, 1907): synonym of ''Plicifusus kroeyeri'' (Möller, 1842)
* ''
Plicifusus pulcius''
(Dall, 1919): synonym of ''
Colus pulcius'' (Dall, 1919)
* ''Plicifusus rhyssoides'' Dall, 1918: synonym of''Plicifusus rhyssus'' (Dall, 1907)
* ''Plicifusus saginatus'' Tiba, 1983: synonym of ''
Retifusus roseus'' (Dall, 1877)
* ''Plicifusus semiplicatus'' (Golikov, in Golikov & Scarlato, 1985): synonym of ''
Retifusus roseus'' (Dall, 1877)
* ''Plicifusus similis'' (Golikov & Gulbin, 1977): synonym of ''
Retifusus similis'' (Golikov & Gulbin, 1977)
* ''Plicifusus stejnegeri'' (Dall, 1884): synonym of ''
Turrivolutopsius stejnegeri'' (Dall, 1884)
* ''Plicifusus sugiyamai'' Ozaki, 1958 † : synonym of ''Plicifusus rhyssoides'' Dall, 1918
* ''Plicifusus wakasanus'' Dall, 1918: synonym of ''Plicifusus rhyssus'' (Dall, 1907)
* ''Plicifusus yanamii'' (Yokoyama, 1926): synonym of ''
Retifusus yanamii'' (Yokoyama, 1926)
References
Kosyan A.R. & Kantor Y.I. (2012) ''Revision of the genus Plicifusus Dall, 1902 (Gastropoda: Buccinidae)''. Ruthenica 22(2): 55-92
Buccinidae
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