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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Taxon found in 84 publications.

Genbank

No records found.

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

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Environment


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2008-05-17 by Serge Gofas

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