Hemifusus

Hemifusus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Buccinoidea
Family:	Melongenidae
Genus:	Hemifusus; Swainson, 1840
Type species
	Pugilina (Hemifusus) colosseus; Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de, 1822
Synonyms
	Pugilina (Hemifusus) Swainson, 1840; Semifusus Agassiz, 1846;

Hemifusus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Melongenidae, the crown conches and their allies.^[2]

Description[]

The type description of genus Hemifusus by English malacologist William John Swainson reads as follows:^[1]

Unequally fusiform, the spire being shorter than aperture; shell ponderous, coronated with compressed spines; and internal and ascending canal at the top of aperture.

Species[]

Species within the genus Hemifusus include:

Thach, 2021
Thach, 2017
† Harzhauser, Raven & Landau, 2018
(Lamarck, 1816)
(Philippi, 1849)
Thach, 2020
Kira, 1965
Alf & Thach, 2021
Hemifusus treudei Alf & Thach, 2021
(Gmelin, 1791)
Thach, 2017

Species brought into synonymy

Hemifusus crassicaudus (Philippi, 1849) : synonym of Hemifusus crassacauda (Philippi, 1849)
Hemifusus elongatus (Lamarck, 1822): synonym of Pugilina elongata (Lamarck, 1822): synonym of Lenifusus elongatus (Lamarck, 1822)
Hemifusus ternatanus (Gmelin, 1791): synonym of Brunneifusus ternatanus (Gmelin, 1791)
† Hemifusus washingtonianus Weaver, 1912: synonym of † (Weaver, 1912) (original combination)
Hemifusus zhangyii Kosuge, 2008:^[3] synonym of Pyrula elongata Lamarck, 1822: synonym of Lenifusus elongatus (Lamarck, 1822)

References[]

This article incorporates public domain text from the reference.^[1]

Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp

^ ^a ^b ^c Swainson W. J. (1840). A treatise on malacology; or the natural classification of shells and shellfish. Lardner's Cabinet Cyclopedia. London. 91: 308.
^ ^a ^b Hemifusus Swainson, 1840. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 2 April 2011.
^ Hemifusus zhangyii Kosuge, 2008. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 12 April 2010.

Dekkers A. (2018). Two new genera in the family Melongenidae from the Indo-Pacific and comments on the identity of Hemifusus zhangyii Kosuge, 2008 and Pyrula elongata Lamarck, 1822 (Gastropoda, Neogastropoda: Buccinoidea). Gloria Maris. 57(2): 40-50

External links[]

Swainson, W. (1840). A treatise on malacology or shells and shell-fish. London, Longman. viii + 419 pp

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[Swainson_1840-1] Swainson W. J. (1840). A treatise on malacology; or the natural classification of shells and shellfish. Lardner's Cabinet Cyclopedia. London. 91: 308.

[WoRMS-2] Hemifusus Swainson, 1840. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 2 April 2011.

[3] Hemifusus zhangyii Kosuge, 2008. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 12 April 2010.

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