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Tritonofusus (Plicifusus)
Taxonomy
Tritonofusus (Plicifusus) was named by Dall (1902) [Sepkoski's age data: T Plio R]. It is extant.
It was reranked as Plicifusus by Woodring (1938), Vaught et al. (1989), Titova (1994), Sepkoski (2002) and Kosyan and Kantor (2012).
It was assigned to Tritonofusus by Dall (1902); to Neptuneidae by Woodring (1938); to Buccininae by Vaught et al. (1989); to Neptuneinae by Titova (1994); to Neogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002); and to Colinae by Kosyan and Kantor (2012).
It was reranked as Plicifusus by Woodring (1938), Vaught et al. (1989), Titova (1994), Sepkoski (2002) and Kosyan and Kantor (2012).
It was assigned to Tritonofusus by Dall (1902); to Neptuneidae by Woodring (1938); to Buccininae by Vaught et al. (1989); to Neptuneinae by Titova (1994); to Neogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002); and to Colinae by Kosyan and Kantor (2012).
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1902 | Tritonofusus (Plicifusus) Dall p. 523 |
| 1938 | Plicifusus Woodring p. 26 |
| 1982 | Quassisipho Petrov p. 43 |
| 1989 | Plicifusus Vaught et al. |
| 1994 | Plicifusus Titova p. 322 |
| 1994 | Quasisipho Titova p. 322 |
| 2002 | Plicifusus Sepkoski |
| 2002 | Quassisipho Sepkoski |
| 2012 | Plicifusus Kosyan and Kantor p. 56 |
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Subg. Tritonofusus (Plicifusus) Dall 1902
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| A. R. Kosyan and Y. I. Kantor 2012 | Shell elongated, fusiform, small to medium-sized, with short to medium long siphonal canal, sculpture of well developed axial ribs and spiral cords or narrow riblets (from 15 to 60 on penultimate whorl). Operculum with terminal nucleus, usually turned to the left. Central tooth of radula large and broad, with two to four (usually three) sharp cusps. Lateral teeth usually with three or four cusps, with central cusps always smaller than lateral ones. Salivary ducts thin and convoluted. Stomach large, in comparison to proboscis, narrow, with small posterior mixing area. |