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Fusus pyruliformis G. B. Sowerby I, 1846 †
1439087 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1439087)
unaccepted > superseded combination
Species
Fusus Bruguière, 1789 accepted as Fusinus Rafinesque, 1815
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
Sowerby, G. B. I. (1846). Appendix to part II. Descriptions of Tertiary fossil shells from South America. In: Darwin, C. Geological Observations on South America. Being the third part of the geology of the voyage of the Beagle under the command of Capt. Fitzroy, R.N. during the years 1832 to 1836. Smith, Elder & Co., London. pp 249-264, pls 2-5. , available online at http://darwin-online.org.uk/content/frameset?itemID=F273&viewtype=text&pageseq=1
page(s): 258, pl. 4, fig. 56 [details]
page(s): 258, pl. 4, fig. 56 [details]
Holotype NHMUK NHM-G26407, geounit Chile
Holotype NHMUK NHM-G26407, geounit Chile [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Fusus pyruliformis G. B. Sowerby I, 1846 †. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1439087 on 2025-09-10
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original description
Sowerby, G. B. I. (1846). Appendix to part II. Descriptions of Tertiary fossil shells from South America. In: Darwin, C. Geological Observations on South America. Being the third part of the geology of the voyage of the Beagle under the command of Capt. Fitzroy, R.N. during the years 1832 to 1836. Smith, Elder & Co., London. pp 249-264, pls 2-5. , available online at http://darwin-online.org.uk/content/frameset?itemID=F273&viewtype=text&pageseq=1
page(s): 258, pl. 4, fig. 56 [details]
basis of record Petit, R. E. (2009). George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III: their conchological publications and molluscan taxa. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 2189: 1–218., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2189.1.1 [details]
additional source Philippi, R. A. (1887). Die Tertiären und Quartären Versteinerungen Chiles. iv + 266 pp + 58 pls.. Lepizig: Brockhaus [German language edition]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14943546
page(s): 43, pl. 2, fig. 1 [details]
page(s): 258, pl. 4, fig. 56 [details]
basis of record Petit, R. E. (2009). George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III: their conchological publications and molluscan taxa. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 2189: 1–218., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2189.1.1 [details]
additional source Philippi, R. A. (1887). Die Tertiären und Quartären Versteinerungen Chiles. iv + 266 pp + 58 pls.. Lepizig: Brockhaus [German language edition]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14943546
page(s): 43, pl. 2, fig. 1 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype NHMUK NHM-G26407, geounit Chile [details]
