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

*Fossarus*	Philippi, 1841	accepted 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.

Genbank

Taxonomy

CLEMAM
WoRMS

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