WoRMS name details
Fossar J. E. Gray, 1847
607201 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:607201)
unaccepted > unjustified emendation (of Fossarus)
Genus
- Subgenus Fossar (Clathrella) Récluz, 1864 accepted as Clathrella Récluz, 1864 accepted as Carinorbis Conrad, 1862 (original rank)
- Subgenus Fossar (Couthouyia) A. Adams, 1860 accepted as Macromphalus S. V. Wood, 1842 (junior synonym)
- Species Fossar (Couthouyia) plicifera A. Adams, 1863 accepted as Macromphalus pliciferus (A. Adams, 1863) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Fossar (Couthouyia) reticulatus A. Adams, 1855 accepted as Fossar reticulatus A. Adams, 1855 accepted as Macromphalus reticulatus (A. Adams, 1855) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Fossar (Couthouyia) striatula A. Adams, 1863 accepted as Macromphalus striatulus (A. Adams, 1863) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Fossar (Couthouyia) styliferinus G. Nevill, 1885 accepted as Couthouyia styliferinus (G. Nevill, 1885) accepted as Macromphalus styliferinus (G. Nevill, 1885) (original combination)
- Species Fossar (Couthouyia) subreticulatus G. Nevill, 1885 accepted as Macromphalus subreticulatus (G. Nevill, 1885) (original combination)
- Species Fossar bicarinatus A. Adams, 1855 accepted as Fossarus bicarinatus A. Adams, 1855 (generic name is an unjustified emendation)
- Species Fossar cumingii A. Adams, 1855 accepted as Fossarus cumingii A. Adams, 1855 (generic name is unjustified emendation)
- Species Fossar fenestratus A. Adams, 1863 accepted as Vanikoro japonica Pilsbry, 1895 (invalid: junior homonym of Fossarus fenestratus Deshayes, 1857)
- Species Fossar garrettii Pease, 1868 accepted as Fossarus garrettii Pease, 1868 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Fossar japonicus A. Adams, 1861 accepted as Macromphalus tornatilis (A. A. Gould, 1859)
- Species Fossar multicostatus Pease, 1861 accepted as Fossarus multicostatus Pease, 1861 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Fossar reticulatus A. Adams, 1855 accepted as Macromphalus reticulatus (A. Adams, 1855) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Fossar tornatilis A. A. Gould, 1859 accepted as Macromphalus tornatilis (A. A. Gould, 1859) (superseded combination)
- Species Fossar trochlearis A. Adams, 1855 accepted as Fossarus trochlearis A. Adams, 1855 (generic name is an unjustified emendation)
- Species Fossar variegatus A. Adams, 1855 accepted as Echinolittorina atrata (C. B. Adams, 1852)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Gray, J. E. (1847). A list of the genera of recent Mollusca, their synonyma and types. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> (1847) 15: 129-219. [November 1847]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12862913
page(s): 151; note: No. 206: A spelling error for Fossarus. See Errata, pg. 206 [details]
page(s): 151; note: No. 206: A spelling error for Fossarus. See Errata, pg. 206 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Fossar J. E. Gray, 1847. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=607201 on 2026-10-05
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Nomenclature
original description
Gray, J. E. (1847). A list of the genera of recent Mollusca, their synonyma and types. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> (1847) 15: 129-219. [November 1847]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12862913
page(s): 151; note: No. 206: A spelling error for Fossarus. See Errata, pg. 206 [details]
page(s): 151; note: No. 206: A spelling error for Fossarus. See Errata, pg. 206 [details]
Taxonomy
status source
Petit R.E. (2012) John Edward Gray (1800-1875): his malacological publications and molluscan taxa. <i>Zootaxa</i> 3214: 1-125., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3214.1.1
page(s): 43. [details] Available for editors
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