Fusus despectus ( Linnaeus, 1758 )

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 : 14

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scientific name	Fusus despectus ( Linnaeus, 1758 )
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Fusus despectus ( Linnaeus, 1758)

1758 Murex despectus Linnaeus View in CoL : 754 View Cited Treatment , no. 487

1816 Fusus despectus Lamarck : 6, pl. 426, fig. 4

1822 Fusus despectus (Linnaeus) Lamarck : 125, sp. no. 12

1832 Fusus despectus (Linnaeus) Deshayes : 159

1840a Kiener: 29, pl. 19, fig. 2

Material in MHNG, Lamarck collection: 1 specimen MHNG INVE 51715 (ex MHNG 1098/17 ), 110 mm. This specimen was figured by Lamarck in (1816) . One specimen MHNG INVE 51716 (ex MHNG 1098/18 ), 101 mm. Locality on both labels: Mers du Nord .

Remarks: According to Rosalie de Lamarck, two specimens were originally in her father’s collection. The size of 4 pouces 2 lignes (= 11 cm) matches the size of specimen 1098/17; Kiener’s figure does not match this specimen.

Current taxonomic position: Neptunea despecta ( Linnaeus, 1758) ; placed in Neptunea [ Buccinidae ] by Sars (1878): 267. Locality is northern seas. Lamarck (1822) recognized the priority of Linnaeus’ name.