Pisania is a genus of marine whelk in the family Pisaniidae. Some species prey on barnacles.
Species According to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) species with accepted names within the genus Pisania include:WoRMS : Pisania Pisania angusta Smith, 1899 Pisania costata Thiele, 1925 Pisania decollata (G.B. Sowerby I, 1833) Pisania fasciculata (Reeve, 1846) Pisania gracilis (G.B. Sowerby II, 1859) Pisania hedleyi (Iredale, 1912) Pisania hermannseni A. Adams, 1855 † Pisania hermonvillensis Cossmann, 1913 Pisania jenningsi (Cernohorsky, 1966) Pisania lirocincta G.B. Sowerby III, 1910 Pisania luctuosa Tapparone-Canefri, 1880 † Pisania magna Foresti, 1868 † Pisania mariavictoriae Brunetti & Della Bella, 2016 † Pisania plicatula (Deshayes, 1835) † Pisania plioangustata Sacco, 1904 Pisania pusio (Linnaeus, 1758) † Pisania redoniensis Landau, Ceulemans & Van Dingenen, 2019 Pisania rosadoi Bozzetti & Ferrario, 2005 Pisania scholvieni Rolle, 1892 Pisania solomonensis E.A.Smith, 1876 Pisania striata (Gmelin, 1791) † Pisania subdiscolor H. Woodward, 1879 Pisania sugimotoi (Habe, 1968) Pisania tritonoides (Reeve, 1846) 'Pisania unicolor (Angas, 1876)
Taxon inquirendum Pisania amphodon van Martens, 1880 Pisania strigata Pease, 1863
The Shell-bearing Mollusca database also adds the following names Pisania brevialaxe T. Kuroda & T. Habe, 1961 Australia Pisania grimaldii Ph. Dautzenberg, 1889 Australia
Synonymized species Pisania aequilirata Carpenter, 1857: synonym of Pusio elegans (Gray in Griffith & Pidgeon, 1833) Pisania auritula Link, 1807 East America : synonym of Gemophos auritulus (Link, 1807) Pisania australis W. H. Pease, 1871 Australia: synonym of Engina australis (Pease, 1871) † Pisania baetica Lozano-Francisco & Vera-Peláez, 2006 : synonym of † Pisania magna Foresti, 1868 Pisania bednalli G. B. Sowerby III, 1895: synonym of Pollia bednalli (G. B. Sowerby III, 1895) (original combination) Pisania bernardoi Costa & dos Santos Gomes, 1998: synonym of Dianthiphos bernardoi (Costa & Gomes, 1998) Pisania bilirata (Reeve, 1846): synonym of Caducifer biliratus (Reeve, 1846) (superseded combination) Pisania billeheusti Petit, 1946 Hawaiian Islands: synonym of Prodotia iostoma (Gray, 1834) Pisania cingulata (Reeve, 1846): synonym of Japeuthria cingulata (Reeve, 1846) Pisania cingulatum(sic): synonym of Japeuthria cingulata (Reeve, 1846) Pisania clathrata Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1906 Morocco: synonym of Pisanianura grimaldii (Dautzenberg, 1899) Pisania crenilabrum A. Adams, 1855: synonym of Pisania fasciculata (Reeve, 1846) Pisania crocata (Reeve, 1846): synonym of Prodotia crocata (Reeve, 1846) Pisania dorbignyi Payraudeau, 1826: synonym of Pollia dorbignyi (Payraudeau, 1826): synonym of Aplus dorbignyi (Payraudeau, 1826) Pisania englerti Hertlein, 1960: synonym of Caducifer englerti (Hertlein, 1960) Pisania ferrea (L. A. Reeve, 1847) Indo-Pacific: synonym of Japeuthria ferrea (Reeve, 1847) Pisania flavescens Hutton, 1884: synonym of Buccinulum vittatum vittatum (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833) represented as Buccinulum vittatum (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833) Pisania fortis Carpenter, 1866: synonym of †Pusio fortis (Carpenter, 1866) (original combination) Pisania gaskelli Melvill, 1891 : synonym of Orania gaskelli (Melvill, 1891) Pisania gracilis (Reeve, 1846): synonym of Prodotia lannumi (Schwengel, 1950) Pisania ignea (Gmelin, 1790): synonym of Ecmanis ignea (Gmelin, 1791) Pisania janeirensis (Philippi, 1849): synonym of Pisania pusio (Linnaeus, 1758) Pisania karinae (Nowell-Usticke, 1959): synonym of Hesperisternia karinae (Nowell-Usticke, 1959) Pisania laevigata Bivona-Bernardi, 1832: synonym of Mitrella scripta (Linnaeus, 1758) Pisania maculosa (Lamarck, 1822): synonym of Pisania striata (Gmelin, 1791) † Pisania media Hutton, 1885 : synonym of † Buccinulum medium (Hutton, 1885) Pisania mollis A. A. Gould, 1860 Indo-Pacific: synonym of Pollia mollis (Gould, 1860) (original combination) Pisania montrouzieri Crosse, 1862: synonym of Pisania fasciculata (Reeve, 1846) Pisania naevosa Martens, 1880: synonym of Prodotia naevosa (Martens, 1880) (original combination); synonym of Sinetectula naevosa (E. von Martens, 1880) (original combination) Pisania nodulosa Bivona Ant., 1832: synonym of Pollia dorbignyi (Payraudeau, 1826) Pisania orbignyi [sic]: synonym of Aplus dorbignyi (Payraudeau, 1826) (incorrect subsequent spelling of dorbignyi (Payraudeau, 1826)) † Pisania plioalboranensis Lozano-Francisco & Vera-Peláez, 2006 : synonym of † Pisania plioangustata Sacco, 1904 Pisania reticulata A. Adams, 1855: synonym of Cumia mestayerae (Iredale, 1915) (invalid: secondary homonym of Colubraria or Cumia reticulata (Blainville, 1829); Fusus mestayerae is a replacement name) Pisania rubiginosa Reeve, 1846: synonym of Pollia rubiginosa (Reeve, 1846) Pisania schoutanica May, 1910 synonym of Fusus schoutanicus (May, 1910) Pisania striatula Bivona-Bernardi, 1832: synonym of Pisania striata (Gmelin, 1791) Pisania tinctus (T. A. Conrad, 1846) East America: synonym of Gemophos tinctus (Conrad, 1846)÷ Pisania townsendi Melvill, 1918: synonym of Prodotia townsendi (Melvill, 1918) † Pisania transsylvanica (Hoernes & Auinger, 1884): synonym of † Hilda transsylvanica (R. Hoernes & Auinger, 1884) (superseded combination) Pisania truncatus Hinds, 1844: synonym of Caducifer truncatus (Hinds, 1844)
References
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
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