{{Short description|Genus of gastropods}} {{Automatic taxobox |image = Naturalis Biodiversity Center - RMNH.MOL.202774 1 - Plicifusus kroeyeri (Moeller, 1842) - Buccinidae - Mollusc shell.jpeg |image_caption = Plicifusus kroyeri shell |taxon= Plicifusus |authority=Dall, 1902 |type_species=''Murex islandicus'' |type_species_authority=Mohr, 1786 |synonyms_ref=<ref name="WoRMS" /> | synonyms = * ''Parasipho'' <small>Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1912</small> * ''Quasisipho'' <small>Petrov, 1982</small> |display_parents= 3 }}

'''''Plicifusus''''' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks.<ref name="WoRMS">{{WRMS species|254387|''Plicifusus'' Dall, 1902||22 March 2012}}</ref> ==Species== Species within the genus ''Plicifusus'' include:<ref name="WoRMS" /> * ''Plicifusus bambusus'' <small>Tiba, 1980</small> * ''Plicifusus croceus'' <small>(Dall, 1907)</small> * ''Plicifusus elaeodus'' <small>(Dall, 1907)</small> * ''Plicifusus hastarius'' <small>Tiba, 1983</small> * ''Plicifusus johanseni'' <small>Dall, 1919</small> * ''Plicifusus kroyeri'' <small>(Möller, 1842)</small> * ''Plicifusus levis'' <small>Tiba, 1983</small> * ''Plicifusus maehirai'' <small>Tiba, 1980</small> * ''Plicifusus mcleani'' <small>Sirenko, 2009</small> * ''Plicifusus minor'' <small>(Dall, 1925)</small> * ''Plicifusus oceanodromae'' <small>Dall, 1919</small> * ''Plicifusus olivaceus'' <small>(Aurivillius, 1885)</small> * ''Plicifusus rhyssus'' <small>(Dall, 1907)</small> * ''Plicifusus rodgersi'' <small>(Gould, 1860)</small> * ''Plicifusus scissuratus'' <small>Dall, 1918</small> * ''Plicifusus torquatus'' <small>(Petrov, 1982)</small>

;Species brought into synonymy: * ''Plicifusus (Microfusus)'' Dall, 1916: synonym of ''Nassaria'' Link, 1807 * ''Plicifusus (Retifusus)'' Dall, 1916: synonym of ''Retifusus'' Dall, 1916 * ''Plicifusus arcticus'' (Philippi, 1850): synonym of ''Plicifusus kroeyeri'' (Möller, 1842) * ''Plicifusus attenuatus'' <small>(Golikov & Gulbin, 1977)</small>: synonym of ''Retifusus attenuatus'' <small>(Golikov & Gulbin, 1977)</small> * ''Plicifusus barbarinus'' <small>(Dall, 1919)</small>: synonym of ''Colus barbarinus'' Dall, 1919 * ''Plicifusus brunneus'':<ref>{{WRMS species|254480|''Plicifusus brunneus'' ||17 April 2010}}</ref> synonym of ''Retifusus jessoensis'' (Schrenck, 1863) * ''Plicifusus incisus'' Dall, 1919: synonym of ''Plicifusus olivaceus'' (Aurivillius, 1885) * ''Plicifusus iwateana'' <small>(Tiba, 1981)</small>: synonym of ''Mohnia iwateana'' Tiba, 1981 * ''Plicifusus jamarci'' Okutani, 1982: synonym of ''Gaillea canetae'' (Clench & Aguayo, 1944) * ''Plicifusus kroyeri'' [sic] : synonym of ''Plicifusus kroeyeri'' (Möller, 1842) * ''Plicifusus manchuricus'' (A. Adams in E.A.Smith, 1875): synonym of ''Retifusus jessoensis'' (Schrenck, 1863) * ''Plicifusus multicostatus'' (Habe & Ito, 1965): synonym of ''Retimohnia multicostata'' (Habe & Ito, 1965) * ''Plicifusus obtustatus'' Golikov, in Golikov & Scarlato, 1985: synonym of ''Plicifusus kroeyeri'' (Möller, 1842) * ''Plicifusus okhotskana'' Tiba, 1973: synonym of ''Plicifusus elaeodes'' (Dall, 1907) * ''Plicifusus olivaceus'' Bartsch, 1929: synonym of ''Retifusus olivaceus'' (Bartsch, 1929) * ''Plicifusus parvus'' Tiba, 1980: synonym of ''Retifusus roseus'' (Dall, 1877) * ''Plicifusus polypleuratus'' (Dall, 1907): synonym of ''Plicifusus kroeyeri'' (Möller, 1842) * ''Plicifusus pulcius'' <small>(Dall, 1919)</small>: synonym of ''Colus pulcius'' (Dall, 1919) * ''Plicifusus rhyssoides'' Dall, 1918: synonym of''Plicifusus rhyssus'' (Dall, 1907) * ''Plicifusus saginatus'' Tiba, 1983: synonym of ''Retifusus roseus'' (Dall, 1877) * ''Plicifusus semiplicatus'' (Golikov, in Golikov & Scarlato, 1985): synonym of ''Retifusus roseus'' (Dall, 1877) * ''Plicifusus similis'' (Golikov & Gulbin, 1977): synonym of ''Retifusus similis'' (Golikov & Gulbin, 1977) * ''Plicifusus stejnegeri'' (Dall, 1884): synonym of ''Turrivolutopsius stejnegeri'' (Dall, 1884) * ''Plicifusus sugiyamai'' Ozaki, 1958 † : synonym of ''Plicifusus rhyssoides'' Dall, 1918 * ''Plicifusus wakasanus'' Dall, 1918: synonym of ''Plicifusus rhyssus'' (Dall, 1907) * ''Plicifusus yanamii'' (Yokoyama, 1926): synonym of ''Retifusus yanamii'' (Yokoyama, 1926)

==References== {{Reflist}} * [http://www.ruthenica.com/documents/Vol22_Kosyan_Kantor_55-92_HIres.pdf Kosyan A.R. & Kantor Y.I. (2012) ''Revision of the genus Plicifusus Dall, 1902 (Gastropoda: Buccinidae)''. Ruthenica 22(2): 55-92]

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Category:Buccinidae Category:Taxa named by William Healey Dall

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