Fossarus

Fossarus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Sorbeoconcha
Superfamily:
Cerithioidea
Family:
Planaxidae
Subfamily:
Fossarinae
Genus:
Fossarus

Type species
Fossarus adansoni Philippi, 1841
Synonyms[2]
  • Fossar Gray, 1847 (invalid: unjustified emendation of Fossarus)
  • Maravignia Aradas & Maggiore, 1844

Fossarus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Planaxidae.[2]

  1. ^ Philippi R. A. (1841). Zoologische Bemerkungen. Arch. Naturgesch. 7(1): 42
  2. ^ a b Fossarus Philippi, 1841. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 10 April 2012.