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Fossarus Philippi, 1841 
AphiaID: 138022

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Caenogastropoda (Subclass) > [unassigned] Caenogastropoda (Order) > Cerithioidea (Superfamily) > Planaxidae (Family) > Fossarinae (Subfamily)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Genus
Typetaxon Fossarus adansoni Philippi, 1841 (type by monotypy)
Parent Fossarinae A. Adams, 1860
Synonymised
taxa
  Fossar Gray, 1847 (invalid: unjustified emendation of Fossarus)
Maravignia Aradas & Maggiore, 1844
Sources  original description: Philippi R.A. (1841). Zoologische Bemerkungen. Archiv für Naturgeschichte, Berlin : 7(1): 42-59; pl. 5, available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9706902
page(s): 42 [details]


basis of record: Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213 (look up in IMIS[details]

source of synonymy (from synonym): Warén A. & Bouchet P. (1988) A new species of Vanikoridae from the western Mediterranean, with remarks on the Northeast Atlantic species of the family. Bollettino Malacologico 24(5-8): 73-100. [details] [view taxon]

Direct child
taxa

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 Species Fossarus abjectus (C. B. Adams, 1852)
Species Fossarus ambiguus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Fossarus angiostoma (C. B. Adams, 1852)
Species Fossarus angulatus Carpenter, 1857
Species Fossarus atratus (C. B. Adams, 1852)
Species Fossarus beccarii (Tapparone-Canefri, 1875)
Species Fossarus bellus Dall, 1889
Species Fossarus brumalis Hedley, 1907
Species Fossarus capensis Pilsbry, 1901
Species Fossarus cereus Watson, 1880
Species Fossarus compactus Dall, 1889
Species Fossarus cumingii (A. Adams, 1855)
Species Fossarus dentifer E. A. Smith, 1890
Species Fossarus elegans Verrill & Smith, 1882
Species Fossarus erythraoensis
Species Fossarus excavatus (C. B. Adams, 1852)
Species Fossarus fischeri Mörch, 1877
Species Fossarus foveatus (C. B. Adams, 1852)
Species Fossarus garrettii Pease, 1868
Species Fossarus guayaquilensis Bartsch, 1928
Species Fossarus japonicus (A. Adams, 1861)
Species Fossarus laeviusculus E. A. Smith, 1890
Species Fossarus lamellosus (Souverbie, 1861)
Species Fossarus lucanus Dall, 1919
Species Fossarus lui S.-I Huang, 2012
Species Fossarus macmurdensis (Hedley, 1911)
Species Fossarus mediocris de Folin, 1867
Species Fossarus megasoma (C. B. Adams, 1852)
Species Fossarus orbignyi P. Fischer, 1864
Species Fossarus porcatus (Philippi, 1845)
Species Fossarus purus Carpenter, 1864
Species Fossarus sydneyensis Hedley, 1900
Species Fossarus tornatilis (Gould, 1859)
Species Fossarus trochlearis A. Adams, 1853
Species Fossarus tuberosus Carpenter, 1857

Species Fossarus multicostatus Pease, 1861 (species inquirenda)

Subgenus Fossarus (Couthouyia) accepted as Macromphalus S. V. Wood, 1842
  » Species Fossarus (Couthouyia) dentifer E. A. Smith, 1890 accepted as Fossarus dentifer E. A. Smith, 1890
» Species Fossarus (Couthouyia) laeviusculus E. A. Smith, 1890 accepted as Fossarus laeviusculus E. A. Smith, 1890
Species Fossarus adansoni Philippi, 1841 accepted as Fossarus ambiguus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Fossarus aptus Melvill, 1912 accepted as Fossarus ambiguus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Fossarus bulimoides Tenison Woods, 1877 accepted as Leucotina casta (A. Adams, 1853)
Species Fossarus clathratus Philippi, 1844 accepted as Clathrella clathrata (Philippi, 1844)
Species Fossarus depressus Seguenza, 1876 accepted as Megalomphalus disciformis (Granata-Grillo, 1877)
Species Fossarus disciformis Granata-Grillo, 1877 accepted as Megalomphalus disciformis (Granata-Grillo, 1877)
Species Fossarus globulosus Turton, 1932 accepted as Couthouyia incerta (Turton, 1932)
Species Fossarus granulum Brugnone, 1873 accepted as Pseudorbis granulum (Brugnone, 1873)
Species Fossarus hyalinus Odhner, 1924 accepted as Scrupus hyalinus (Odhner, 1924)
Species Fossarus incertus Turton, 1932 accepted as Couthouyia incerta (Turton, 1932)
Species Fossarus monterosati Granata-Grillo, 1877 accepted as Tjaernoeia exquisita (Jeffreys, 1883)
Species Fossarus parcipictus Carpenter, 1864 accepted as Echinolittorina parcipicta (Carpenter, 1864)
Species Fossarus petitianus Tiberi, 1869 accepted as Megalomphalus petitianus (Tiberi, 1869)
Species Fossarus saxicola (C. B. Adams, 1852) accepted as Elachisina saxicola (C. B. Adams, 1852)
Species Fossarus yamamotoi Habe, 1978 accepted as Macromphalus yamamotoi (Habe, 1978)
Environment marine
Link To ITIS
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138022
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Gofas, Serge
2006-03-16 07:42:42Z  checked  Wambiji, Nina
2010-08-26 09:47:51Z  changed  Tran, Bastien
2011-09-18 08:12:44Z  changed  Bouchet, Philippe
  
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  Citation: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2013). Fossarus Philippi, 1841. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138022 on 2013-06-19
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