Hemifusus

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Hemifusus
Melongenidae - Hemifusus ternatanus.JPG
Shell of Hemifusus ternatanus from Japan at the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Buccinoidea
Family: Melongenidae
Genus: Hemifusus
Swainson, 1840 [1]
Type species
Pugilina (Hemifusus) colosseus
Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de, 1822
Synonyms [2]
  • 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]

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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:

Species brought into synonymy

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References

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

  1. 1 2 3 Swainson W. J. (1840). A treatise on malacology; or the natural classification of shells and shellfish. Lardner's Cabinet Cyclopedia. London. 91: 308.
  2. 1 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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