Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Caenogastropoda > Order [unassigned] Caenogastropoda > Superfamily Cerithioidea > Family Planaxidae > Subfamily Fossarinae > Genus Fossarus

Fossarus ambiguus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

FossarusPhilippi, 1841accepted genus name
Maravignia Aradas & Maggiore, 1844 synonym

Species group names

Fossarus adansoni Philippi, 1841 synonym
Fossarus lanoei Baudon, 1857 synonym
Helix ambigua Linnaeus, 1758 synonym
Maravignia sicula Aradas & Maggiore, 1844 synonym
Natica fossar Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1884 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. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 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.

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Taxonomy

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External Links

Biodiversity Heritage Library (51 publications)
USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
GBIF

Citation

Gofas, S. (2014). Fossarus ambiguus (Linnaeus, 1758). In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:139998

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Occurrence

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Environment


marine

Importance

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2008-05-17 by Serge Gofas

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