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

Sinistralia maroccensis (Gmelin, 1791)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Sinistralia*	H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853	accepted genus name
*Fusinus (Sinistralia)*	H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853	synonym
*Fusus (Sinistralia)*	H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853	synonym

Species group names

*Buccinum scaevolum*	Meuschen, 1787	synonym
*Fusinus maroccensis*	(Gmelin, 1791)	synonym
*Fusus maroccanus*	Reeve, 1848	synonym
*Fusus maroccensis*	(Gmelin, 1791)	synonym
*Fusus sinistralis*	Lamarck, 1816	synonym
*Murex maroccensis*	Gmelin, 1791	synonym

Literature

basis of record	Castillo, S. & Ramil, F. (2024). Review of some small Fusinus s.l. species (Gastropoda: Fasciolariidae: Fusininae) from Northwest Africa with the description of Pseudofusus rosamariae sp. nov. Archiv für Molluskenkunde. 153(1): 1-8.
basis of record	Hadorn, R. (2024). Review of the sinistral species in Fusinus Rafinesque, 1815 and Sinistralia H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 (Buccinoidea: Fasciolariidae), with description of a new genus and a new species. Gloria Maris. 63(3): 95-109.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Sinistralia maroccensis (Gmelin, 1791). 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:449817