Fustiaria Explained

Fustiaria is a genus of scaphopods in the order Dentaliida and is the only genus comprising the family Fustiariidae, with 24 species. ^[1]

Description

The shells of Fustiaria are characterized as smooth, slender, circular in cross section, slightly curved, thin-walled, and virtually transparent. The central tooth of its radula (chewing organ), called a "rachis", is unusual compared with that of other Dentaliids in that it is flat on its tip rather than pointed. The space around the foot (the "pedal sinus") is divided by a thin horizontal membrane called a septum.

Species

• Fustiaria caesura (Colman, 1958)
• Fustiaria crosnieri Nicklès, 1979
• Fustiaria diaphana V. Scarabino & F. Scarabino, 2010
• Fustiaria electra V. Scarabino & F. Scarabino, 2010
• Fustiaria engischista (Barnard, 1963)
• Fustiaria gruveli (Dautzenberg, 1910)
• Fustiaria langfordi (Habe, 1963)
• Fustiaria liodon (Pilsbry & Sharp, 1897)
• † Fustiaria maoria P. A. Maxwell, 1992
• Fustiaria mariae Scarabino, 2008
• Fustiaria nipponica (Yokoyama, 1922)
• Fustiaria polita (Linnaeus, 1767)
• Fustiaria rubescens (Deshayes, 1826)
• Fustiaria steineri V. Scarabino, 2008
• Fustiaria stenoschiza (Pilsbry & Sharp, 1897)
• Fustiaria tenuifissum (Pilsbry & Sharp, 1897) (taxon inquirendum)
• Fustiaria vagina Scarabino, 1995

Species brought into synonymy:

• Fustiaria aequatoria (Pilsbry & Sharp, 1897) : synonym of Rhabdus aequatorius (Pilsbry & Sharp, 1897)
• Fustiaria brevicornu (Pilsbry & Sharp, 1897) : synonym of Compressidens brevicornu (Sharp & Pilsbry, 1897)
• Fustiaria dalli (Pilsbry & Sharp, 1897) : synonym of Rhabdus dalli (Pilsbry & Sharp, 1897): synonym of Rhabdus rectius (Carpenter, 1864)
• Fustiaria innumerabilis (Pilsbry & Sharp, 1897) : synonym of Episiphon innumerabile (Pilsbry & Sharp, 1897)
• Fustiaria splendida (G.B. Sowerby I, 1832) : synonym of Graptacme splendida (G. B. Sowerby I, 1832)

External links

• Monterosato T. A. (di) (1884). Nomenclatura generica e specifica di alcune conchiglie mediterranee. Palermo, Virzi, 152 pp.

Notes and References

1. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Fustiaria Stoliczka, 1868. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138023 on 2020-12-09