Hemifusus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Melongenidae, the crown conches and their allies.
Description
The type description of genus Hemifusus by English malacologist William Swainson reads as follows:
Species
Species within the genus Hemifusus include:
- Hemifusus alfi <small>Thach, 2021</small>
- Hemifusus boucheti <small>Thach, 2017</small>
- â Hemifusus charlieleei <small>Harzhauser, Raven & Landau, 2018</small>
- Hemifusus colosseus <small>Lamarck, 1816</small>
- Hemifusus crassacauda <small>Philippi, 1849</small>
- Hemifusus hitoshiikedai <small>Thach, 2020</small>
- Hemifusus kawamurai <small>Kira, 1965</small>
- Hemifusus schuetti <small>Alf & Thach, 2021</small>
- Hemifusus treudei <small>Alf & Thach, 2021</small>
- Hemifusus tuba <small>Gmelin, 1791</small>
- Hemifusus vietnamensis <small>Thach, 2023</small>
- Hemifusus yurikantori <small>Thach, 2017</small>
Species brought into synonymy :
- Hemifusus crassicaudus <small>Philippi, 1849</small>: synonym of Hemifusus crassacauda (Philippi, 1849)
- Hemifusus elongatus <small>Lamarck, 1822</small>: synonym of Pugilina elongata <small>Lamarck, 1822</small>: synonym of Brunneifusus ternatanus <small>Gmelin, 1791</small>
- Hemifusus ternatanus <small>Gmelin, 1791</small>: synonym of Brunneifusus ternatanus <small>Gmelin, 1791</small>
- â Hemifusus washingtonianus <small>Weaver, 1912</small>: synonym of â Whitneyella washingtoniana <small>Weaver, 1912</small> (original combination)
- Hemifusus zhangyii <small>Kosuge, 2008</small>: synonym of Pyrula elongata <small>Lamarck, 1822</small>: synonym of Brunneifusus ternatanus <small>Gmelin, 1791</small>
References
This article incorporates public domain text from the reference.
- Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). . XII, 195 pp
- 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
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