NARMS taxon details

Orania fusulus (Brocchi, 1814)

140411  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140411)

accepted
Species
marine
recent + fossil
(of Murex fusulus Brocchi, 1814 †) Brocchi, G. B. (1814). <i>Conchiologia fossile subapennina con osservazioni geologiche sugli Apennini e sul suolo adiacente. Tomo primo</i>. pp. 1-56, I-LXXV, 1-240. Milano, Stamperia Reale., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12001697
page(s): 409-410; pl. 8 fig. 9 [details]  OpenAccess publication 
Note Valle di Andona, northern Italy (Pliocene fossil)  
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Type locality Valle di Andona, northern Italy (Pliocene fossil) [details]
Distribution Eastern Atlantic, from Bay of Biscay to Angola and in the Canary Islands, Madeira and the Azores; Mediterranean, usually in...  
Distribution Eastern Atlantic, from Bay of Biscay to Angola and in the Canary Islands, Madeira and the Azores; Mediterranean, usually in 50-120 m depth, also on Gorringe, Josephine, Seine and Ampère seamounts, moderately common in 96-310 m [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Orania fusulus (Brocchi, 1814). Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2024) European Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140411 on 2024-03-28
Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2024). European Register of Marine Species. Orania fusulus (Brocchi, 1814). Accessed at: https://vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=140411 on 2024-03-28
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original description  (of Murex fusulus Brocchi, 1814 †) Brocchi, G. B. (1814). <i>Conchiologia fossile subapennina con osservazioni geologiche sugli Apennini e sul suolo adiacente. Tomo primo</i>. pp. 1-56, I-LXXV, 1-240. Milano, Stamperia Reale., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12001697
page(s): 409-410; pl. 8 fig. 9 [details]  OpenAccess publication 

original description  (of Murex spadae Libassi, 1859) Libassi I. (1859). Memoria sopra alcune conchiglie fossili dei dintorni di Palermo. <i>Atti dell'Accademia di Scienze, Lettere e Arti di Palermo</i>, N.S., 3: 1-47 + 1 pl, available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9246863
page(s): 43-44, pl. fig. 29 [details]   

original description  (of Ocinebra angolensis Odhner, 1923) Odhner, N. H. (1923). Contribution to the marine molluscan faunas of South and West Africa. <em>Göteborgs Kungliga Vetenskaps- och Vitterhets-Samhälles Handlingar.</em> (4) 26 (7): 1-39, 1 pl. [details]  OpenAccess publication 

original description  (of Murex spadae var. tiberiana Brusina, 1871) Brusina, S. (1871). Saggio della malacologia Adriatica. <em>Bullettino Malacologico Italiano.</em> 4: 5-9., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39452665 [details]  OpenAccess publication 

original description  (of Pollia fusulus var. major Locard, 1897) Locard, A. (1897-1898). Expéditions scientifiques du Travailleur et du Talisman pendant les années 1880, 1881, 1882 et 1883. <em>Mollusques testacés. Paris, Masson.</em> vol. 1 [1897], p. 1-516 pl. 1-22; vol. 2 [1898], p. 1-515, pl. 1-18., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10994100 [details]   

original description  (of Pseudomurex (Orania) spadae var. minor Pallary, 1900) Pallary, P. (1900). Coquilles marines du littoral du département d'Oran. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 48(3): 211-422., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25146965
page(s): 287; pl. 7 fig. 17 [details]   

original description  (of Pseudomurex (Orania) spadae var. major Pallary, 1900) Pallary, P. (1900). Coquilles marines du littoral du département d'Oran. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 48(3): 211-422., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25146965
page(s): 287 [details]   

original description  (of Pseudomurex (Orania) spadae var. obesa Pallary, 1900) Pallary, P. (1900). Coquilles marines du littoral du département d'Oran. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 48(3): 211-422., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25146965
page(s): 287; pl. 7 fig. 16 [details]   

context source (Deepsea) Natural History Museum, London (NHM): Collections Management Database System.  [details]   

basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]   

additional source Sabelli B. & Tommasini S. (1983). Contributo alla conoscenza sistematica di <i>"Murex" fusulus</i> Brocchi, 1814. <i>Bollettino Malacologico 19 (1-4)</i>: 1-12 [details]   
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

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Biology Type of larval development: planktotrophic, inferred from multispiral protoconch.  [details]

Diagnosis Shell up to 25 mm high, fusiform, with rather high spire and moderately convex whorls, the later ones shouldered. Protoconch of 3-4 whorls, nearly smooth with a suprasutural cord and minute granules over the surface, demarcated from teleoconch by a marked “sinusigera” rim. Teleoconch sculpture of 3-4 first-order spiral cords and numerous intervening smaller cords, all somewhat scaly, and of strong axial folds. Aperture strongly thickened externally and internally, the inner rim with 6-7 denticles elongated towards inside the shell. Colour dirty white.
This species resembles superficially the littoral species Muricopsis cristata (Brocchi, 1814) but differs in lacking the purplish or pinkish hue usually present in the latter, in having a multispiral protoconch, and in having numerous, less elevated spirals, which do not form spines over the folds.
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Distribution Eastern Atlantic, from Bay of Biscay to Angola and in the Canary Islands, Madeira and the Azores; Mediterranean, usually in 50-120 m depth, also on Gorringe, Josephine, Seine and Ampère seamounts, moderately common in 96-310 m [details]

Type locality Valle di Andona, northern Italy (Pliocene fossil) [details]