Stromboidea

• Rostellariidae
  • Tibia
    • Tibia fusus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Original Description of Murex Fusus by Linnaeus, 1758, p. 752:

• "M. testae turrita recto-caudata laevi, labro dentato."

Locus typicus: "Habitat in O. Americano."

Linnaeus cited

• Bonan. recr. 3. t. 121.
• Argenv. conch. t. 13. f. D.
• Klein. ostr. t. 4. f. 77.
• "Testa rarior, distinctissime."

Types:

• Lectotype: Dezalier d'Argenville, 1757: pl. 10 fig. D, designated by Kronenberg & Burger, 2002: 46.

History and Synonymy

Tibia fusus (Linnaeus, 1758: 752) (Murex)

• Syn.: Strombus clavus Linnaeus, 1771: 549
• Syn.: Tibia indiarum Röding, 1798: 123
• Syn.: Rostellaria ionica Perry, 1811: Pl. 11 fig. 5
• Syn.: Rostellaria rectirostris Lamarck, 1822: 192
• Syn.: Rostellaria rectirostrum Sowerby^2nd, 1842: 22
• Syn.: Rostellaria sinensis Perry, 1811: Pl. 10 fig. 1
• Syn.: Rostellaria subulata Lamarck, 1801: 81
• Syn.: Strombus unicornis Dillwyn, 1817: 655

1742

in Argenville, 1742, pl. 13, fig. D

1811

Rostellaria sinensis Perry, 1811, pl. 10, fig. 1

Rostellaria ionica Perry, 1811, pl. 11, fig. 5

1842

Rostellaria rectirostrum in Sowerby, 1842, pl. V, fig. 8, 10

1843

Rostellaria rectirostris in Kiener, 1843, pl. II, fig. 1

1851

Rostellaria fusus in Reeve, 1851, Rostellaria, pl. 2, fig. 5 a, b

• Comment: This specimen belongs to Tibia melanocheilus
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Rostellaria fusus in Reeve, 1851, Rostellaria, pl. 2, fig. 7

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1903

Rostellaria fusus in Cossmann, 1903, pl. VI, fig. 24, 25

• Pliocene; Karaikal (Karikal), Union Territory of Puducherry, Coromandel Coast, India

1993

Tibia fusus taiwanica Masuda & Huang, 1993 from the Miocene of Taiwan

Specimens from private collections:

Tibia fusus (Linnaeus, 1758); Philippines Islands; 285 mm; Coll. Chong Chen

Tibia fusus (Linnaeus, 1758); Philippines Islands; 222 mm; Coll. Paul Merrill

Tibia fusus (Linnaeus, 1758); Cebu, Philippines Islands; 264 mm; Coll. Lawrence Moon

Tibia fusus (Linnaeus, 1758); Protoconch; Cebu Island, Central Visayas Region, Philippines; Coll. Klaus Bandel

Tibia fusus (Linnaeus, 1758); X-Ray; Copyright by George Green

References:

• Koichiro Masuda & CHi-Yue Huang, 1993. Miocene Gastropoda and Scaphopoda in the western foothills of northern Taiwan. Journal of the Geological Society of China, 36(2), April 1993: pp. 111-138, 7 Fig., 1 Tab., 3 pls.
• Sowerby, 1842-1847