Aulacofusus

Aulacofusus
Aulacofusus brevicauda shell (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Buccinoidea
Family:	Buccinidae
Genus:	Aulacofusus W.H. Dall, 1918
Type species
Fusus spitzbergensis Reeve, 1855
Species
See text
Synonyms [1]
Colus (Aulacofusus)Dall, 1918 Plicifusus (Aulacofusus)

Aulacofusus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Neptuneinae of the family Buccinidae, the true whelks. ^[1]

General characteristics

Another group of species within Colus , typified by Fusus spitzbergensis Reeve (synonym of Aulacofusus brevicauda(Deshayes, 1832)) has a special aspect due to the short siphonal canal and the prominence of the spiral ribs separated by chaneled interspaces. It may be called Aulacofusus ^[2]

Species

According to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), the following species with valid names are included within the genus Aulacofusus : ^[1]

• † Aulacofusus asagaiensis (Makiyama, 1934)
• Aulacofusus brevicauda (Deshayes, 1832)
• Aulacofusus calamaeus (Dall, 1907)
• Aulacofusus calathus (Dall, 1919)
• Aulacofusus canaliculatus J. H. McLean & R. N. Clark, 2023
• 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)
• Aulacofusus tanagaensis J. H. McLean & R. N. Clark, 2023

Taxa inquerenda

• Aulacofusus dimidiatusDall, 1919
• Aulacofusus trophiusDall, 1919

Species brought into synonymy

• Aulacofusus capponius(Dall, 1919): synonym of Colus pulcius (Dall, 1919)
• Aulacofusus georgianusDall, 1921: synonym of Latisipho georgianus (Dall, 1921) (superseded combination)
• Aulacofusus halidonusDall, 1919: synonym of Colus halidonus (Dall, 1919) (original combination)
• Aulacofusus halimerisDall, 1919: synonym of Colus halimeris (Dall, 1919) (original combination)
• Aulacofusus insulapratasensisOkutani & Lan, 1994: synonym of Phaenomenella insulapratasensis (Okutani & Lan, 1994) (original combination)
• Aulacofusus kurilensisGolikov & Gulbin, 1977: synonym of Aulacofusus brevicauda (Deshayes, 1832)
• Aulacofusus morditusDall, 1919: synonym of Latisipho morditus (Dall, 1919) (original combination)
• Aulacofusus nobilis(Dall, 1919): synonym of Aulacofusus herendeeni(Dall, 1902)
• Aulacofusus pulciusDall, 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 severinusDall, 1919: synonym of Latisipho severinus (Dall, 1919) (original combination)
• Aulacofusus spitzbergensis(Reeve, 1855): synonym of Aulacofusus brevicauda(Deshayes, 1832)
• Aulacofusus timetusDall, 1919: synonym of Latisipho timetus (Dall, 1919) (original combination)

References

1. Aulacofusus Dall, 1918 . 21 January 2026. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species .
2. Dall, W.H. (1918). "Notes on Chrysodomus and other mollusks from the North Pacific Ocean". Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 55 (2234): 217. Retrieved 21 January 2026. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

• Kosyan A.R. & Kantor Yu.I. (2013). Revision of the genus Aulacofusus Dall, 1918 (Gastropoda: Buccinidae). Ruthenica<. 23(1): 1-33.