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

Pseudofusus pulchellus (R. A. Philippi, 1840)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

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

Species group names

*Murex philippii*	Monterosato, 1872	junior homonym
*Fusinus pulchellus*	(R. A. Philippi, 1840)	synonym
*Fusinus quandumpulchellus*	M. A. Snyder, 2000	synonym
*Fusus pulchellus*	R. A. Philippi, 1840	synonym
*Fusus pulchellus var. curta*	Bellini, 1929	synonym
*Murex bicolor*	Risso, 1826	synonym
*Pseudofusus adustus*	Coen, 1914	synonym

Literature

new combination reference	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.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Pseudofusus pulchellus (R. A. Philippi, 1840). 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:1591001