Fusus torulosus 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 : 6

Fusus torulosus Lamarck, 1816

( Figure 10A )

1816 Fusus torulosus Lamarck : 6, pl. 423, fig. 4

1822 Fusus torulosus Lamarck : 124, sp. no. 7

1832 Fusus torulosus (Lamarck) Deshayes : 150

1840a Kiener: 14, pl. 9, fig. 1

Type locality: not stated.

Material in MHNG, Lamarck collection: holotype MHNG INVE 51710 (ex MHNG 1098/12 ) (figured herein, Fig. 10A ), 14.5 cm. There are faded remains of handwritten inscriptions (by Lamarck?) inside the aperture of the shell. This specimen is figured in the Tableau, but is not the one subsequently figured by Kiener. Locality on the label: Mer Rouge .

Remarks: According to Rosalie de Lamarck, her father’s collection contained just one specimen. Kiener probably figured another specimen from the Paris Museum.

Current taxonomic position: Fusinus ansatus ( Gmelin, 1791) ; placed in synonymy with Fusinus ansatus by Hadorn and Rogers (2000): 10. Locality is the Caribbean.

Figures

FIGURE 10A. Holotype of Fusus torulosus, MHNG INVE 51710. B–C. Syntypes of Fusus verruculatus, MHNG INVE 51728.