Fusus aculeiformis Lamarck, 1816

(Figure 12)

1816 Fusus aculeiformis Lamarck: 6, pl. 426, fig. 3a – b

1822 Fusus aculeiformis Lamarck: 132, sp. no. 35

1840a Kiener: 47, pl. 29, fig. 2

Type locality: not stated.

Material in MHNG, Lamarck collection: 3 specimens, among them 2 probable syntypes, MHNG INVE 51738 (ex MHNG 1098/40) (figured herein, Fig. 12A – C); 1098/40/1: 31.2mm (? Lamarck, 1816: pl. 426, fig. 3); 1098/40/2: 41.7 mm (Kiener: 47, pl. 29, fig. 2); 1098/40/3: 28.0 mm. Locality on the label: Afrique occidentale.

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

Current taxonomic position: Pusionella aculeiformis (Lamarck, 1816); placed in genus Pusionella [ Turridae] by Gray (1850): 68. Locality is West Africa.