Pisania Explained

Pisania is a genus of marine whelk in the family Pisaniidae. Some species prey on barnacles.^[1]

Species

According to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) species with accepted names within the genus Pisania include:^[2]

• Pisania angusta Smith, 1899
• Pisania bilirata (Reeve, 1846)
• Pisania costata Thiele, 1925
• Pisania decollata (Sowerby I, 1833)
• Pisania fasciculata (Reeve, 1846)
• Pisania gracilis (Sowerby, 1859)
• Pisania hedleyi (Iredale, 1912)
• Pisania hermannseni A. Adams, 1855
• Pisania ignea (Gmelin, 1790)
• 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 plioangustata Sacco, 1904
• Pisania pusio (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Pisania rosadoi Bozzetti & Ferrario, 2005
• Pisania scholvieni Rolle, 1892
• Pisania solomonensis E.A.Smith, 1876
• Pisania striata (Gmelin, 1791)
• Pisania sugimotoi (Habe, 1968)
• † Pisania transsylvanica (Hoernes & Auinger, 1884)
• 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 ^[3]

• Pisania australis W. H. Pease, 1871 Australia
• Pisania brevialaxe T. Kuroda & T. Habe, 1961 Australia
• Pisania clathrata Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1906 Morocco
• 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 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 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 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 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 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

External links

• Bivona-Bernardi Ant. 1832. Caratteri d'un nuovo genere di conchiglie della famiglia delle Columellarie del Signor de Lamarck. Effemeride Scientifiche e Letterarie per la Sicilia 2(1): 8-13
• Iredale, T. (1912). New generic names and new species of marine Mollusca. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London. 10(3): 217-228, pl. 9
• Cernohorsky, W. O. (1966). A new genus and species of Buccinidae from the Fiji Islands (Mollusca: Gastropoda). The Veliger. 9(2): 229-232
• Dall, W. H. (1904). An historical and systematic review of the frogshells and tritons. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. 47: 114-144

Notes and References

1. Kantor YI, Harasewych MG . The Diet of Pisania tincta (Gastropoda: Buccinidae) in Eastern Florida . . 1994 . 37 . 1 . 117–118. 10088/8309.
2. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxlist WoRMS : Pisania
3. Web site: Mollusca/Gastropoda/Mesogastropoda & Neogastropoda . Schooner Specimen Shells . Pisania .