Fusus lignarius 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 : 9

Fusus lignarius Lamarck, 1816

( Figure 18 )

1816 Fusus lignarius Lamarck : 6, pl. 424, fig. 6

1822 Fusus lignarius Lamarck : 129, sp. no. 4

1832 Fusus lignarius (Lamarck) Deshayes : 162

1840a Kiener: 43, pl. 22, fig. 1

Type locality: les mers du Nord.

Material in MHNG, Lamarck collection: 3 specimens MHNG INVE 51729 (ex MHNG 1098/31) (figured herein, Fig. 18A – C ); 1098/31/1 : 41.8 mm 1098/31/2 : 45 mm; 1098/31/3 : 46 mm. None of these specimens was figured by Lamarck or by Kiener. Locality on the label: Méditerranée .

Remarks: According to Rosalie de Lamarck, her father’s collection contained three specimens. However, as none of the specimens currently in the Lamarck collection matches Lamarck or Kiener’s figures, nor Lamarck’s stated sizes, it is unlikely that these are Lamarck’s original specimens. Confusingly, Lamarck (1822) lists Murex lignarius Linnaeus in the synonymy of this species. This is a different species.

Current taxonomic position: Euthria cornea ( Linnaeus, 1758) ; type species of Euthria Gray, 1850 [ Buccinidae ], placed in synonymy with Euthria cornea ( Linnaeus, 1758) by Bellardi (1873): 220. Locality is Mediterranean Sea.

Figures

FIGURE 18A–C. Fusus lignarius, MHNG INVE 51729.