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WoRMS taxon details

Hemifusus Swainson, 1840

AphiaID

456430 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:456430)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Fusus colosseus Lamarck, 1816 accepted as Hemifusus colosseus (Lamarck, 1816) (type by subsequent designation)

Parent

Melongenidae Gill, 1871 (1854)

Original name

Hemifusus Swainson, 1840

Synonymised names

Pugilina (Hemifusus) Swainson, 1840 · unaccepted

Semifusus Agassiz, 1846 · unaccepted

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Species Hemifusus alfi Thach, 2021
Species Hemifusus boucheti Thach, 2017
Species Hemifusus colosseus (Lamarck, 1816)
Species Hemifusus crassicauda (R. A. Philippi, 1849)
Species Hemifusus hitoshiikedai Thach, 2020
Species Hemifusus kawamurai Kira, 1965
Species Hemifusus ngocduyenae Thach, 2023
Species Hemifusus ngocngai Thach, 2023
Species Hemifusus schuetti Alf & Thach, 2021
Species Hemifusus treudei Alf & Thach, 2021
Species Hemifusus tuba (Gmelin, 1791)
Species Hemifusus vietnamensis Thach, 2023
Species Hemifusus yurikantori Thach, 2017
Species Hemifusus carinifer Habe & Kosuge, 1966 accepted as Brunneifusus carinifer (Habe & Kosuge, 1966) accepted as Brunneifusus ternatanus (Gmelin, 1791) (original combination)
Species Hemifusus corona (Gmelin, 1791) accepted as Melongena corona (Gmelin, 1791) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Hemifusus crassicaudus [sic] accepted as Hemifusus crassicauda (R. A. Philippi, 1849) (misspelling)
Species Hemifusus elongatus (Lamarck, 1822) accepted as Brunneifusus ternatanus (Gmelin, 1791)
Species Hemifusus pugilinus (Born, 1778) accepted as Volegalea cochlidium (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Hemifusus ternatanus (Gmelin, 1791) accepted as Brunneifusus ternatanus (Gmelin, 1791) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Hemifusus zhangyii Kosuge, 2008 accepted as Pyrula elongata Lamarck, 1822 accepted as Lenifusus elongatus (Lamarck, 1822) accepted as Brunneifusus ternatanus (Gmelin, 1791)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Grammatical gender

masculine

Original description

Swainson, W. (1840). A treatise on malacology; or the natural classification of shells and shell-fish. Longman, London, viii + 419 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/33450
page(s): 91-93, 308 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Hemifusus Swainson, 1840. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=456430 on 2025-07-05

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2010-02-11 14:10:23Z

created

Tran, Bastien

2014-02-21 07:28:04Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2017-08-09 05:52:19Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2019-01-07 10:01:33Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description Swainson, W. (1840). A treatise on malacology; or the natural classification of shells and shell-fish. Longman, London, viii + 419 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/33450
page(s): 91-93, 308 [details]

Other

additional source 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. [details]