Fusus sinistralis Lamarck, 1816

Finet, Yves & Snyder, Martin Avery, 2012, Illustrations and taxonomic placement of the Recent Fusus and Fasciolaria in the Lamarck collection of the Muséum d’Histoire Naturelle, Geneva, Zootaxa 3507 (1), pp. 1-37 : 5-6

Fusus sinistralis Lamarck, 1816

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1816 Fusus sinistralis Lamarck : 6, pl. 424, fig. 1a – b

1822 Fusus sinistralis Lamarck : 131, sp. no. 31

1832 Fusus sinistralis (Lamarck) Deshayes : 161

1840a Kiener: 35, pl. 6, fig. 2

Type locality: l’Océan des Antilles , près de la Guadeloupe.

Material in MHNG, Lamarck collection: 4 specimens, among them 3 probable syntypes, MHNG INVE 51734 (ex MHNG 1098/36) (figured herein, Fig. 9A – D ); 1098/36/1 : 21.5 mm; three other specimens not distinguished by a secondary number: 20.4 mm, 18.7 mm, 16.3 mm, (base truncated). Kiener probably illustrated one of Lamarck’s specimens. No locality given on the label.

Remarks: According to Rosalie de Lamarck, her father’s collection contained three specimens.

Current taxonomic position: Fusinus maroccensis ( Gmelin, 1791) ; placed in synonymy with Fusinus maroccensis by Lamarck (1822): 131. This species is often placed in the genus Sinistralia , a synonym of Fusinus . Locality is northwest Africa and the Canary Islands.

Figures

FIGURE 9A–D. Four specimens, containing three probable syntypes of Fusus sinistralis, MHNG INVE 51734.