African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS)

AfReMaS name details

Fusus Bruguière, 1789

AphiaID

446048 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:446048)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (Invalid: junior homonym of Fusus Helbling, 1779. See Nomenclatural note below.)

Accepted name

Fusinus Rafinesque, 1815

Rank

Genus

Parent

Fusininae Wrigley, 1927

Original name

Fusus Bruguière, 1789

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Species Fusus barclayi G. B. Sowerby III, 1894 accepted as Smytheria barclayi (G. B. Sowerby III, 1894)
Species Fusus colus (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Fusinus colus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Fusus nicobaricus (Röding, 1798) accepted as Marmorofusus nicobaricus (Röding, 1798)
Species Fusus rubrolineatus G. B. Sowerby II, 1870 accepted as Granulifusus rubrolineatus (G. B. Sowerby II, 1870) (original combination)
Species Fusus sulcatus Lamarck, 1816 accepted as Penion sulcatus (Lamarck, 1816) (superseded combination)
Species Fusus toreuma Deshayes, 1843 accepted as Fusinus toreuma (Deshayes, 1843) (priginal combination)
Species Fusus tuberculatus Lamarck, 1822 accepted as Marmorofusus tuberculatus (Lamarck, 1822) (original combination)
Species Fusus verruculatus Lamarck, 1822 accepted as Fusinus ocelliferus (Lamarck, 1816) accepted as Africofusus ocelliferus (Lamarck, 1816)
Species Fusus xantochrous Tapparone Canefri, 1881 accepted as Latirus xantochrous (Tapparone Canefri, 1881) (original combination)

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Grammatical gender

masculine

Original description

Bruguière, J.G. (1789-1792). Encyclopédie méthodique ou par ordre de matières, par une Societe de gens de Lettres, de Savans et D'Artistes. [Methodical encyclopedia or by order of subjects, by a Society of Men of Letters, Scholars and Artists.]. Histoire naturelle des Vers, Paris: Pancoucke. volume 1: i-xviii, 1-344 [Livraison 32, June 1789]; 345-757 [Livraison 48, 13 Feb. 1792] [Dates after Evenhuis, 2003, Zootaxa, 166: 37; Zootaxa, 207, some modified by Evenhuis & Petit 2003 Zootaxa 207:1-4]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8892006
page(s): xv [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Fusus Bruguière, 1789. Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2026) African Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=446048 on 2026-05-15

Regional species database citation

Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2026). African Register of Marine Species. Fusus Bruguière, 1789. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=446048 on 2026-05-15

Taxonomic edit history

Date

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2009-12-30 10:54:54Z

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Tran, Bastien

2010-07-05 09:58:42Z

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Tran, Bastien

2010-07-09 09:18:48Z

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Tran, Bastien

2010-08-31 06:44:05Z

checked

Bouchet, Philippe

2018-12-01 17:33:02Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

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original description Bruguière, J.G. (1789-1792). Encyclopédie méthodique ou par ordre de matières, par une Societe de gens de Lettres, de Savans et D'Artistes. [Methodical encyclopedia or by order of subjects, by a Society of Men of Letters, Scholars and Artists.]. Histoire naturelle des Vers, Paris: Pancoucke. volume 1: i-xviii, 1-344 [Livraison 32, June 1789]; 345-757 [Livraison 48, 13 Feb. 1792] [Dates after Evenhuis, 2003, Zootaxa, 166: 37; Zootaxa, 207, some modified by Evenhuis & Petit 2003 Zootaxa 207:1-4]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8892006
page(s): xv [details]

status source Snyder M.A. (2003). Catalogue of the marine gastropod family Fasciolariidae. Academy of Natural Sciences. of Philadelphia, Special Publication. 21iii + 1–431., available online at http://books.google.fr/books?id=9Ycn67QUAJIC [details]

status source ICZN. (1993). Opinion 1765. Fusus Helbling, 1779 (Mollusca, Gastropoda): suppressed, and Fusinus Rafinesque, 1815 and Colubraria Schumacher, 1817: conserved. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature. 51(2): 159-161., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12251905 [details]

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