Fusus buccinatus Lamarck, 1822

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 : 8

Fusus buccinatus Lamarck, 1822

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1822 Fusus buccinatus Lamarck : 132, sp. no. 34

1840a Kiener: 46, pl. 8, fig. 2

Type locality: not stated.

Material in MHNG, Lamarck collection: 6 possible syntypes MHNG INVE 51737(ex MHNG 1098/39) (figured herein, Fig. 14A – C , Fig. 15A – C ); 1098/39/1 : 32 mm; 1098/39/2 : 33 mm; 1098/39/3 : 40 mm; 1098/39/4 : 33 mm; 1098/39/5 : 21 mm; 1098/39/6 : 30 mm. Locality on the label: Sénégal .

Remarks: According to Rosalie de Lamarck, her father’s collection contained 6 specimens. However, the sizes of the MHNG specimens do not exactly match those stated by Lamarck.

Current taxonomic position: Pusionella buccinata ( Lamarck, 1822) ; placed in Pusionella [ Turridae ] by Gray (1850): 68. Locality is West Africa. Lamarck lists a possible synonymy with Pusionella vulpina ( Born, 1778) .

Figures

FIGURE 14A–C. Three possible syntypes of Fusus buccinatus, MHNG INVE 51737.

FIGURE 15A–C. Three possible syntypes of Fusus buccinatus, MHNG INVE 51737.