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Aptyxis Troschel, 1868

Fusinus syracusanus (Linnaeus, 1758) Specimens from La Goulette, Tunisia (among seagrass Cymodocea nodosa, 28.05.2009), actual size 40 mm and 12 mm.
Fusinus syracusanus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Specimens from La Goulette, Tunisia (among seagrass Cymodocea nodosa, 28.05.2009), actual size 40 mm and 12 mm.

445979  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:445979)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Mollusca (Phylum)
  4. Gastropoda (Class)
  5. Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
  6. Neogastropoda (Order)
  7. Buccinoidea (Superfamily)
  8. Fasciolariidae (Family)
  9. Fusininae (Subfamily)
  10. Aptyxis (Genus)
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Genus
Aptysis [sic] · unaccepted (misspelling of Aptyxis Troschel,...)  
misspelling of Aptyxis Troschel, 1868
Fusus (Aptixis) [sic] · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Latirus (Aptyxis) Troschel, 1868 · unaccepted (original rank)

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marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
feminine
(of Latirus (Aptyxis) Troschel, 1868) Troschel, F. H. (1856-1893). <i>Das Gebiss der Schnecken zur Begründung einer natürlichen Classification</i>. Nicolaische Verlagsbuchhandlung, Berlin. Vol. 1: i-viii, 1-252 pls 1-20 [1856-63]. Vol. 2: i-ix, 1-246, 247-409 [continued by Thiele, J.] pls 1- 32 [1866-1893] [for dates of publication, see Robertson, 1957: <i>Nautilus</i> 70(4): 136-138]. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/11262
page(s): 2: 61, 64 [details] 
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Aptyxis Troschel, 1868. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=445979 on 2025-07-15
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2009-12-29 13:46:33Z
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Tran, Bastien
2010-07-07 09:43:07Z
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Tran, Bastien
2010-07-09 09:18:48Z
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Tran, Bastien
2013-09-24 14:12:13Z
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Gofas, Serge
2016-01-25 09:21:55Z
changed
Bouchet, Philippe
2020-11-03 06:45:14Z
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Bouchet, Philippe

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Nomenclature

original description (of Latirus (Aptyxis) Troschel, 1868) Troschel, F. H. (1856-1893). <i>Das Gebiss der Schnecken zur Begründung einer natürlichen Classification</i>. Nicolaische Verlagsbuchhandlung, Berlin. Vol. 1: i-viii, 1-252 pls 1-20 [1856-63]. Vol. 2: i-ix, 1-246, 247-409 [continued by Thiele, J.] pls 1- 32 [1866-1893] [for dates of publication, see Robertson, 1957: <i>Nautilus</i> 70(4): 136-138]. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/11262
page(s): 2: 61, 64 [details] 

Taxonomy

status source Russo P. (2015). On the systematic position of <i>Murex syracusanus</i> Linnaeus, 1758 (Gastropoda, Fasciolariidae) with revaluation of the genus <i>Aptyxis</i>. <em>Bollettino Malacologico.</em> 51(2): 79-86. [details] 

Other

additional source Russo P. (2016). On the grammatical gender of <i>Aptyxis</i> Troschel, 1884 (Gastropoda, Fasciolariidae). <em>Bollettino Malacologico.</em> 52: 76. [details] 

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Grammatical gender feminine, from Greek πτύξις a fold [details]
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