Fossarus

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title: "Fossarus" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["planaxidae", "taxa-named-by-rodolfo-amando-philippi", "gastropod-genera"] description: "Genus of gastropods" topic_path: "general/planaxidae" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fossarus" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Genus of gastropods ::

| image = Fossarus_ambiguus_01.jpg | image_caption = Fossarus ambiguus | taxon = Fossarus | authority = Philippi, 1841 | synonyms_ref = | synonyms =

• Fossar Gray, 1847 (invalid: unjustified emendation of Fossarus)
• Maravignia Aradas & Maggiore, 1844 | type_species= Fossarus adansoni Philippi, 1841

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

Species

Species within the genus Fossarus include:

• Fossarus abjectus (C.B. Adams, 1852)
• Fossarus ambiguus (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Fossarus angiostoma (C.B. Adams, 1852)
• Fossarus angulatus Carpenter, 1857
• Fossarus atratus (C.B. Adams, 1852)
• Fossarus beccarii (Tapparone Canefri, 1875)
• Fossarus bellus Dall, 1889
• Fossarus brumalis Hedley, 1907
• Fossarus cancellarius Melvill, 1918
• Fossarus capensis Pilsbry, 1901
• Fossarus cereus Watson, 1880
• Fossarus cumingii (A. Adams, 1855)
• Fossarus dentifer E. A. Smith, 1890
• Fossarus elegans Verrill & Smith, 1882
• Fossarus erythraeensis: taxon inquirendum
• Fossarus eutorniscus Melvill, 1918
• Fossarus excavatus (C.B. Adams, 1852)
• Fossarus fischeri Mörch, 1877
• Fossarus foveatus (C.B. Adams, 1852)
• Fossarus garrettii Pease, 1868
• Fossarus guayaquilensis Bartsch, 1928
• Fossarus japonicus (A. Adams, 1861)
• Fossarus laeviusculus E. A. Smith, 1890
• Fossarus lamellosus Mountrouzier, 1861
• Fossarus lucanus Dall, 1919
• Fossarus lui S.-I Huang, 2012
• Fossarus macmurdensis (Hedley, 1911)
• Fossarus mediocris de Folin, 1867
• Fossarus megasoma (C.B. Adams, 1852)
• Fossarus orbignyi P. Fischer, 1864
• Fossarus porcatus (Philippi, 1845)
• Fossarus purus Carpenter, 1864
• Fossarus sydneyensis Hedley, 1900
• Fossarus tornatilis (Gould, 1859)
• Fossarus translucens Barnard, 1969
• Fossarus trochlearis A. Adams, 1853
• Fossarus tuberosus Carpenter, 1857 ;Species brought into synonymy:
• Fossarus adansoni Philippi, 1841: synonym of Fossarus ambiguus (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Fossarus aptus Melvill, 1912: synonym of Fossarus ambiguus (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Fossarus bulimoides Tenison Woods, 1877: synonym of Leucotina casta (A. Adams, 1853)
• Fossarus clathratus Philippi, 1844: synonym of Clathrella clathrata (Philippi, 1844)
• Fossarus (Gottoina) compacta Dall, 1889: synonym of Haplocochlias compactus (Dall, 1889)
• Fossarus depressus Seguenza, 1876: synonym of Megalomphalus disciformis (Granata-Grillo, 1877)
• Fossarus disciformis Granata-Grillo, 1877: synonym of Megalomphalus disciformis (Granata-Grillo, 1877)
• Fossarius doliaris A. Adams, 1863: synonym of Conradia doliaris A. Adams, 1863
• Fossarus excavatus Gaglini, 1987: synonym of Rugulina monterosatoi (van Aartsen & Bogi, 1987)
• Fossarus globulosus Turton, 1932: synonym of Couthouyia incerta (Turton, 1932)
• Fossarus granulum Brugnone, 1873: synonym of Pseudorbis granulum (Brugnone, 1873)
• Fossarus hyalinus Odhner, 1924: synonym of Scrupus hyalinus (Odhner, 1924)
• Fossarus incertus Turton, 1932: synonym of Couthouyia incerta (Turton, 1932)
• Fossarus iwateanus Nomura & Hatai, 1935: synonym of Phasianema lirata (A. Adams, 1860)
• Fossarus lanoei Baudon, 1857: synonym of Fossarus ambiguus (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Fossarus monterosati Granata-Grillo, 1877: synonym of Tjaernoeia exquisita (Jeffreys, 1883)
• Fossarus parcipictus Carpenter, 1864: synonym of Echinolittorina parcipicta (Carpenter, 1864)
• Fossarus petitianus Tiberi, 1869: synonym of Megalomphalus petitianus (Tiberi, 1869)
• Fossarus saxicola (C.B. Adams, 1852): synonym of Elachisina saxicola (C. B. Adams, 1852)
• Fossarus yamamotoi Habe, 1978: synonym of Macromphalus yamamotoi (Habe, 1978)

References

• Warén A. & Bouchet P. (1988) A new species of Vanikoridae from the western Mediterranean, with remarks on the Northeast Atlantic species of the family. Bollettino Malacologico 24(5-8): 73-100
• Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213

References

1. [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9706902 Philippi R. A. (1841). Zoologische Bemerkungen. ''Arch. Naturgesch.'' '''7'''(1): 42]
2. {{WRMS species. 138022. ''Fossarus'' Philippi, 1841. 10 April 2012
3. {{WRMS species. 139998. ''Fossarus ambiguus'' (Linnaeus, 1758). 17 May 2010
4. {{WRMS species. 419530. ''Fossarus bellus'' Dall, 1889. 17 May 2010
5. {{WRMS species. 159769. ''Fossarus elegans'' Verrill & Smith, 1882. 17 May 2010
6. {{WRMS species. 212839. ''Fossarus erythraeensis''. 9 September 2025
7. {{WRMS species. 212840. ''Fossarus lamellosus'' Mountrouzier. 17 May 2010
8. {{WRMS species. 197182. ''Fossarus macmurdensis'' (Hedley, 1911). 17 May 2010
9. {{WRMS species. 419532. ''Fossarus orbignyi'' P. Fischer, 1864. 17 May 2010

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