WoRMS name details
Fusus robustior G. B. Sowerby II, 1880
449688 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:449688)
unaccepted > superseded combination
Species
Fusus Bruguière, 1789 accepted as Fusinus Rafinesque, 1815
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Sowerby, G. B. II. (1880). Monograph of the genus <i>Fusus</i>. In G. B. Sowerby II (ed.), <i>Thesaurus conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells</i>. Vol. 4 (35-36): 69–97, pl. 406–417bis. London, privately published. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15937088
page(s): 82, pl. 411 fig. 63 [details]
page(s): 82, pl. 411 fig. 63 [details]
Type locality contained in Cape of Good Hope
type locality contained in Cape of Good Hope [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Fusus robustior G. B. Sowerby II, 1880. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=449688 on 2026-03-11
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Nomenclature
original description
Sowerby, G. B. II. (1880). Monograph of the genus <i>Fusus</i>. In G. B. Sowerby II (ed.), <i>Thesaurus conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells</i>. Vol. 4 (35-36): 69–97, pl. 406–417bis. London, privately published. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15937088
page(s): 82, pl. 411 fig. 63 [details]
page(s): 82, pl. 411 fig. 63 [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Marais J.P. & R.N. Kilburn (2010) Fasciolariidae. Pp. 106-137, in: Marais A.P. & Seccombe A.D. (eds), Identification guide to the seashells of South Africa. Volume 1. Groenkloof: Centre for Molluscan Studies. 376 pp.
page(s): 118 [details]
page(s): 118 [details]
Other
additional source
Petit, R. E. (2009). George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III: their conchological publications and molluscan taxa. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 2189: 1–218., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2189.1.1 [details] 
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
