Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > Subclass Caenogastropoda > Order Neogastropoda > Superfamily Buccinoidea > Family Fasciolariidae > Subfamily Fusininae

Pseudofusus Monterosato, 1884

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Aegeofusinus*	Russo, 2017	synonym
*Fusus (Pseudofusus)*	Monterosato, 1884	synonym

Children

Pseudofusus albacarinoides (Hadorn, Afonso & Rolán, 2009)
Pseudofusus alternatus (Buzzurro & Russo, 2007)
Pseudofusus angeli (Russo & Angelidis, 2016)
Pseudofusus bocagei (P. Fischer, 1882)
Pseudofusus buzzurroi (Prkić & Russo, 2008)
Pseudofusus clarae (Russo & Renda, 2013)
Pseudofusus corallinus (Russo & Germanà, 2014)
Pseudofusus cretellai (Buzzurro & Russo, 2008)
Pseudofusus dimassai (Buzzurro & Russo, 2007)
Pseudofusus dimitrii (Buzzurro & Ovalis, 2007)
Pseudofusus eviae (Buzzurro & Russo, 2007)
Pseudofusus fioritae (Russo & Pagli, 2019)
Pseudofusus insularis (Russo & Calascibetta, 2018)
Pseudofusus labronicus Monterosato, 1884
Pseudofusus margaritae (Buzzurro & Russo, 2007)
Pseudofusus parvulus Monterosato, 1884
Pseudofusus patriciae (Russo & Olivieri, 2013)
Pseudofusus profetai (Nofroni, 1982)
Pseudofusus pulchellus (R. A. Philippi, 1840)
Pseudofusus raricostatus (Del Prete, 1883)
Pseudofusus rolani (Buzzurro & Ovalis, 2005)
Pseudofusus rostratus (Olivi, 1792)
Pseudofusus rusticulus (Monterosato, 1880)
Pseudofusus ventimigliae (Russo & Renda, 2013)

Literature

status source	Fassio, G.; Russo, P.; Bonomolo, G.; Fedosov, A. E.; Modica, M. V.; Nocella, E.; Oliverio, M. (2022). A molecular framework for the systematics of the Mediterranean spindle-shells (Gastropoda, Neogastropoda, Fasciolariidae, Fusininae). Mediterranean Marine Science. 23(3): 623-636.
subsequent type designation	Crosse, H. (1885). Nomenclatura generica e specifica di alcune conchiglie mediterranee, pel Marchese di Monterosato [book review]. Journal de Conchyliologie. 33: 139-142.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Pseudofusus Monterosato, 1884. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:445996