Paul Callomon
Drexel University, Science, Technology and Society, Graduate Student
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In the third in a series of papers, a further nine valid species of the fasciolariid genus Fusinus occurring in Japanese waters are examined: F. akitai Kuroda & Habe, 1961, F. colus (Linné, 1758), F. crassiplicatus Kira, 1959, F.... more
In the third in a series of papers, a further nine valid species of the fasciolariid genus Fusinus occurring in Japanese waters are examined: F. akitai Kuroda & Habe, 1961, F. colus (Linné, 1758), F. crassiplicatus Kira, 1959, F. gemmuliferus Kira, 1959, F. nodosoplicatus (Dunker, 1867), F. penioniformis Habe, 1970, F. tuberosus (Reeve, 1847), F. nigrirostratus E. A. Smith, 1879 and F. nicobaricus (Röding, 1798). Fusinus grabaui Kuroda & Habe, 1952 is placed in the synonymy of F. nodosoplicatus Dunker, 1867, and F. sagamiensis Kuroda & Habe, 1971 in that of F. nigrirostratus. Lectotypes are selected for F. brenchleyi Baird, 1873 ( = F. nicobaricus), F. colus, F. crassiplicatus, F. gemmuliferus, F. nicobaricus, F. nodosoplicatus, F. tuberosus and F. nigrirostratus. The type locality of F. colus is restricted to Cebu, Philippines. F. colus is shown to be represented in Japanese waters by two forms that intergrade in certain places.
A new species of the fasciolariid genus Fusinus is described from off Phuket Island, Thailand and from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. It is compared with F. malhaensis Hadorn et al., 2001, F. colus (Linnaeus, 1758), F. crassiplicatus... more
A new species of the fasciolariid genus Fusinus is described from off Phuket Island, Thailand and from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. It is compared with F. malhaensis Hadorn et al., 2001, F. colus (Linnaeus, 1758), F. crassiplicatus Kira, 1959 and F. laviniae Snyder & Hadorn, 2006, as well as some fossil species. Post-larval shell growth in the new species is divided into three clear phases.