WoRMS taxon details
Ericusa H. Adams & A. Adams, 1858
AphiaID: 382335
AphiaID: 382335
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Caenogastropoda (Subclass) > Neogastropoda (Order) > Muricoidea (Superfamily) > Volutidae (Family) > Cymbiinae (Subfamily) > Livoniini (Tribe) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||
| Rank | Genus | ||||||||||
| Typetaxon | Voluta fulgetrum G. B. Sowerby I, 1825 (type by subsequent designation) | ||||||||||
| Parent | Livoniini Bail & Poppe, 2001 | ||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Mesericusa Iredale, 1929 (synonym) | ||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: Bail P. & Poppe G.T. 2001. A conchological iconography: a taxonomic introduction of the recent Volutidae. ConchBooks, Hackenheim. 30 pp, 5 pl. (updated October 2008 for WoRMS) [details] | ||||||||||
| Direct child taxa [show all] | Species Ericusa fulgetrum (Sowerby I, 1825) Species Ericusa naniforma Bail & Limpus, 2013 Species Ericusa papillosa (Swainson, 1822) Species Ericusa sericata Thornley, 1951 Species Ericusa sowerbyi (Kiener, 1839) Species Ericusa orca Cotton, 1952 accepted as Ericusa fulgetrum (Sowerby I, 1825) | ||||||||||
| Environment | marine | ||||||||||
| Notes |
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 esastern Australia [details] | ||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:382335 | ||||||||||
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| Citation: Bouchet, P.; Bail, P. (2013). Ericusa H. Adams & A. Adams, 1858. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=382335 on 2013-05-22 | |||||||||||
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