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Ericusa H. Adams & A. Adams, 1858
382335 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:382335)
accepted
Genus
Voluta fulgetrum G. B. Sowerby I, 1825 accepted as Ericusa fulgetrum (G. B. Sowerby I, 1825) (type by subsequent designation)
Ericusa (Mesericusa) Iredale, 1929 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Mesericusa Iredale, 1929 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Zidona (Ericusa) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1858 · unaccepted > superseded rank
- Species Ericusa allporti (R. M. Johnston, 1880) †
- Species Ericusa ancilloides (Tate, 1889) †
- Species Ericusa atkinsoni (Pritchard, 1896) †
- Species Ericusa fulgetroides (Pritchard, 1898) †
- Species Ericusa fulgetrum (G. B. Sowerby I, 1825)
- Species Ericusa hamiltonensis (Pritchard, 1898) †
- Species Ericusa ianmattiskei Hallan, 2023
- Species Ericusa macroptera (McCoy, 1866) †
- Species Ericusa naniforma Bail & Limpus, 2013
- Species Ericusa ngayawang A. M. Yates, 2022 †
- Species Ericusa papillosa (Swainson, 1822)
- Species Ericusa pellita (R. M. Johnston, 1880) †
- Species Ericusa sericata Thornley, 1951
- Species Ericusa sowerbyi (Kiener, 1839)
- Species Ericusa subtilis (Ludbrook, 1978) †
- Subgenus Ericusa (Mesericusa) Iredale, 1929 accepted as Ericusa H. Adams & A. Adams, 1858 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Ericusa ellipsoidea (Tate, 1888) † accepted as Notovoluta ellipsoidea (Tate, 1888) †
- Species Ericusa halli (Pritchard, 1896) † accepted as Ericusa sowerbyi pellita (R. M. Johnston, 1880) † accepted as Ericusa pellita (R. M. Johnston, 1880) †
- Species Ericusa orca Cotton, 1952 accepted as Ericusa fulgetrum (G. B. Sowerby I, 1825) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
feminine
(of Zidona (Ericusa) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1858) Adams, H. & Adams, A. (1853-1858). <i>The genera of Recent Mollusca; arranged according to their organization</i>. London, van Voorst. Vol. 1: xl + 484 pp.; vol. 2: 661 pp.; vol. 3: 138 pls. [Published in parts: Vol. 1: i-xl (1858), 1-256 (1853), 257-484 (1854). Vol. 2: 1-92 (1854), 93-284 (1855), 285-412 (1856), 413-540 (1857), 541-661 (1858). Vol. 3: pl. 1-32 (1853), 33-72 (1954), 73-96 (1855), 97-112 (1856), 113-128 (1857), 129-138 (1858)]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3782650
page(s): 2: 619 [details]
page(s): 2: 619 [details]
Distribution Restricted to southern and eastern Australia
Distribution Restricted to southern and eastern Australia [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Ericusa H. Adams & A. Adams, 1858. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=382335 on 2025-09-11
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(of Mesericusa Iredale, 1929) Iredale, T. (1929). Mollusca from the continental shelf of eastern Australia. No 2. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> 17(4): 157-189 [4 September 1929]., available online at http://australianmuseum.net.au/journal/Iredale-1929-Rec-Aust-Mus-174-157189
page(s): 181 [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Zidona (Ericusa) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1858) Adams, H. & Adams, A. (1853-1858). <i>The genera of Recent Mollusca; arranged according to their organization</i>. London, van Voorst. Vol. 1: xl + 484 pp.; vol. 2: 661 pp.; vol. 3: 138 pls. [Published in parts: Vol. 1: i-xl (1858), 1-256 (1853), 257-484 (1854). Vol. 2: 1-92 (1854), 93-284 (1855), 285-412 (1856), 413-540 (1857), 541-661 (1858). Vol. 3: pl. 1-32 (1853), 33-72 (1954), 73-96 (1855), 97-112 (1856), 113-128 (1857), 129-138 (1858)]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3782650
page(s): 2: 619 [details]
basis of record Mattiske, I. & Hallan, A. (2024). A conchological iconography of living <i>Ericusa</i> H. Adams & A. Adams, 1858 (Neogastropoda: Volutidae). <em>Visaya.</em> suppl. 18: 5-77. [details]
page(s): 181 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Zidona (Ericusa) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1858) Adams, H. & Adams, A. (1853-1858). <i>The genera of Recent Mollusca; arranged according to their organization</i>. London, van Voorst. Vol. 1: xl + 484 pp.; vol. 2: 661 pp.; vol. 3: 138 pls. [Published in parts: Vol. 1: i-xl (1858), 1-256 (1853), 257-484 (1854). Vol. 2: 1-92 (1854), 93-284 (1855), 285-412 (1856), 413-540 (1857), 541-661 (1858). Vol. 3: pl. 1-32 (1853), 33-72 (1954), 73-96 (1855), 97-112 (1856), 113-128 (1857), 129-138 (1858)]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3782650
page(s): 2: 619 [details]
basis of record Mattiske, I. & Hallan, A. (2024). A conchological iconography of living <i>Ericusa</i> H. Adams & A. Adams, 1858 (Neogastropoda: Volutidae). <em>Visaya.</em> suppl. 18: 5-77. [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Diagnosis Shell solid, elongate, fusiform, medium to large, with an elongate spire and regularly convex, smooth whorls. Protoconch globose, deviated at 45° from the axis of the shell and frequently with the initial portion exserted [details]Distribution Restricted to southern and eastern Australia [details]
