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

Aptyxis syracusana (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Murex Linnaeus, 1758

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Aptyxis*	Troschel, 1868	accepted genus name
*Aptysis*	[sic]	orthographic variant
*Latirus (Aptyxis)*	Troschel, 1868	synonym

Species group names

*Aptysis syracusanus*	(Linnaeus, 1758)	synonym
*Aptysis syracusanus var. fasciolarioides*	(Monterosato, 1878)	synonym
*Aptyxis syracusana var. abbreviata*	Coen, 1933	synonym
*Fusinus syracusanus*	(Linnaeus, 1758)	synonym
*Fusinus syracusanus var. rissoianus*	(Locard, 1892)	synonym
*Fusinus syracusanus var. rubra*	Scacchi, 1836	synonym
*Fusus rissoianus*	Locard, 1891	synonym
*Fusus syracusanus*	(Linnaeus, 1758)	synonym
*Fusus syracusanus var. umbilicata*	Coen, 1922	synonym
*Latirus (Aptyxis) syracusanus*	(Linnaeus, 1758)	synonym
*Murex fortis*	Risso, 1826	synonym
*Trophon syracusanus*	(Linnaeus, 1758)	synonym
*Trophon syracusanus var. fasciolarioides*	Monterosato, 1878	synonym

Literature

basis of record	Snyder M.A. (2003). Catalogue of the marine gastropod family Fasciolariidae. Academy of Natural Sciences. of Philadelphia, Special Publication. 21iii + 1–431.
additional source	Russo P. (2015). On the systematic position of Murex syracusanus Linnaeus, 1758 (Gastropoda, Fasciolariidae) with revaluation of the genus Aptyxis. Bollettino Malacologico. 51(2): 79-86.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Aptyxis syracusana (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:448924