Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > Subclass Caenogastropoda > Order Caenogastropoda incertae sedis > Superfamily Cerithioidea > Family Planaxidae > Subfamily Fossarinae > Genus Fossarus

Fossarus ambiguus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

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Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Fossarus*	R. A. Philippi, 1841	accepted genus name
*Fossar*	Gray, 1847	synonym
*Littorina (Fossarus)*	R. A. Philippi, 1841	synonym
*Maravignia*	Aradas & Maggiore, 1844	synonym

Species group names

*Fossarus adansoni*	R. A. Philippi, 1841	synonym
*Fossarus aptus*	Melvill, 1912	synonym
*Fossarus lanoei*	Baudon, 1858	synonym
*Lacuna bourguignati*	Rochebrune, 1882	synonym
*Littorina (Fossarus) fossar*	de Gregorio, 1889	synonym
*Maravignia sicula*	Aradas & Maggiore, 1844	synonym
*Stomatia kutschigi*	Brusina, 1865	synonym
*Turbo lucullanus*	Scacchi, 1833	synonym

Literature

basis of record	Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213.
additional source	Houbrick, R. S. (1990). Anatomy, reproductive biology and systematic position of Fossarus ambiguus (Linné) (Fossarinae: Planaxidae; Prosobranchia). Açoreana, suplemento. 1990: 59-73.
additional source	Barnard, K. H. (1963). Contributions to the knowledge of South African marine Mollusca. Part III. Gastropoda: Prosobranchiata: Taenioglossa. Annals of the South African Museum. 47(1): 1-199.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Fossarus ambiguus (Linnaeus, 1758). 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:139998