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Fusus despectus Lamarck

Description

Fusus despectus (Linnaeus, 1758)

1758 Murex despectus Linnaeus: 754, no. 487

1816 Fusus despectus Lamarck: 6, pl. 426, fig. 4

1822 Fusus despectus (Linnaeus) Lamarck: 125, sp. no. 12

1832 Fusus despectus (Linnaeus) Deshayes: 159

1840a Kiener: 29, pl. 19, fig. 2

Material in MHNG, Lamarck collection: 1 specimen MHNG INVE 51715 (ex MHNG 1098/17), 110 mm. This specimen was figured by Lamarck in (1816). One specimen MHNG INVE 51716 (ex MHNG 1098/18), 101 mm. Locality on both labels: Mers du Nord.

Remarks: According to Rosalie de Lamarck, two specimens were originally in her father’s collection. The size of 4 pouces 2 lignes (= 11 cm) matches the size of specimen 1098/17; Kiener’s figure does not match this specimen.

Current taxonomic position: Neptunea despecta (Linnaeus, 1758); placed in Neptunea [Buccinidae] by Sars (1878): 267. Locality is northern seas. Lamarck (1822) recognized the priority of Linnaeus’ name.

Notes

Published as part of Finet, Yves & Snyder, Martin Avery, 2012, Illustrations and taxonomic placement of the Recent Fusus and Fasciolaria in the Lamarck collection of the Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, Geneva, pp. 1-37 in Zootaxa 3507 (1) on page 14, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3507.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5879682

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
MHNG
Family
Fasciolariidae
Genus
Fusus
Kingdom
Animalia
Material sample ID
MHNG 1098/17 , MHNG 1098/18
Order
Neogastropoda
Phylum
Mollusca
Scientific name authorship
Lamarck
Species
despectus
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Fusus despectus (Linnaeus, 1758) sec. Finet & Snyder, 2012

References

  • Linnaeus, C. von. (1758) Systema naturae per regna tria naturae. Editio decima, reformata. Vol. 1. Regnum animale. Stockholm. 824, iii pp.
  • Lamarck, [J. B. P. A] (1816) Mollusques et polypes divers In: Bruguiere et al., 1791 - 1827: Tableau encyclopedique et methodique des trois regnes de la nature. Part 23: 1 - 16, pls. 391 - 488, 431 bis, 431 bis *. [Pp. 1 - 16, Liste des objects representes dans les planches de cette livraison, are plate captions only, lacking in many copies of part 23]. [See also Petit, 2011 and Matsukuma, 2012].
  • Lamarck, [J. B. P. A.] (1822) Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertebres ... Paris. 7 (2), 711 pp.
  • Deshayes, G. P. (1830 - 1832) Encyclopedie Methodique. Histoire Naturelle des Vers, par Bruguiere et de Lamarck, continuee par Mr. G. P. Deshayes. Paris: Veuve Agasse. Livraisons 101 - 102, vols. 2 (1), 2 (2), 3. [Vol. 2, part 1: i - vii, 1 - 144, 1830; Vol. 2, part 2: 145 - 564, 1832; Vol. 3, 595 - 1152, 1832].
  • Kiener, L. C. (1840 a) Species general et iconographie des coquilles vivantes, comprenant la collection du Museum d'Histoire naturelle de Paris, la collection Lamarck, celle du Prince Massena, (appartenant maintenant a M. le Baron Benjamin Delessert), et les decouvertes recentes des voyageurs. Genre Fuseau (Fusus). Paris: Rousseau et Bailliere. 62 pp., 31 pls.
  • Sars, G. O. (1878) Bidrag til Kundskaben om Norges arktiske Fauna I. Mollusca regionis Arcticae Norwegiae. Oversigt over dei Norges arktiske Region forekommende Bloddyr. Christiana: A. W. Brogger. xvi, 466 pp., 1 map, pls. 1 - 34, I - XVIII.