Aulacofusus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Neptuneinae of the family Buccinidae, the true whelks.
General characteristics Another group of species within Colus, typified by Fusus spitzbergensis Reeve (synonym of Aulacofusus brevicauda (Deshayes, 1832)) has a special aspect due to the short siphonal canal and the prominence of the spiral ribs separated by chaneled interspaces. It may be called Aulacofusus
Species According to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), the following species with valid names are included within the genus Aulacofusus : † Aulacofusus asagaiensis (Makiyama, 1934) Aulacofusus brevicauda (Deshayes, 1832) Aulacofusus calamaeus (Dall, 1907) Aulacofusus calathus (Dall, 1919) Aulacofusus canaliculatus J. H. McLean & R. N. Clark, 2023 Aulacofusus coerulescens Kuroda & Habe in Habe, 1961 Aulacofusus esychus (Dall, 1907) Aulacofusus gulbini Kosyan & Kantor, 2013 Aulacofusus herendeeni (Dall, 1902) Aulacofusus hiranoi (Shikama, 1962) Aulacofusus ombronius (Dall, 1919) Aulacofusus periscelidus (Dall, 1891) Aulacofusus tanagaensis J. H. McLean & R. N. Clark, 2023
Taxa inquirenda Aulacofusus dimidiatus Dall, 1919 Aulacofusus trophius Dall, 1919
Species brought into synonymy Aulacofusus capponius (Dall, 1919): synonym of Colus pulcius (Dall, 1919) Aulacofusus georgianus Dall, 1921: synonym of Latisipho georgianus (Dall, 1921) (superseded combination) Aulacofusus halidonus Dall, 1919: synonym of Colus halidonus (Dall, 1919) (original combination) Aulacofusus halimeris Dall, 1919: synonym of Colus halimeris (Dall, 1919) (original combination) Aulacofusus insulapratasensis Okutani & Lan, 1994: synonym of Phaenomenella insulapratasensis (Okutani & Lan, 1994) (original combination) Aulacofusus kurilensis Golikov & Gulbin, 1977: synonym of Aulacofusus brevicauda (Deshayes, 1832) Aulacofusus morditus Dall, 1919: synonym of Latisipho morditus (Dall, 1919) (original combination) Aulacofusus nobilis (Dall, 1919): synonym of Aulacofusus herendeeni (Dall, 1902) Aulacofusus pulcius Dall, 1919: synonym of Colus pulcius (Dall, 1919) (original combination) Aulacofusus sapius (Dall, 1919): synonym of Fusipagoda sapia (Dall, 1919) Aulacofusus schantaricus (Middendorff, 1849): synonym of Aulacofusus brevicauda (Deshayes, 1832) Aulacofusus severinus Dall, 1919: synonym of Latisipho severinus (Dall, 1919) (original combination) Aulacofusus spitzbergensis (Reeve, 1855): synonym of Aulacofusus brevicauda (Deshayes, 1832) Aulacofusus timetus Dall, 1919: synonym of Latisipho timetus (Dall, 1919) (original combination)
References
Kosyan A.R. & Kantor Yu.I. (2013). Revision of the genus Aulacofusus Dall, 1918 (Gastropoda: Buccinidae). Ruthenica<. 23(1): 1-33.