# Plicifusus

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{{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](/source/William_Healey_Dall), 1902
|type_species=''[Murex islandicus](/source/Colus_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](/source/genus) of [sea snail](/source/sea_snail)s, marine [gastropod](/source/gastropod) [mollusk](/source/mollusk)s in the [family](/source/Family_(taxonomy)) [Buccinidae](/source/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](/source/Plicifusus_bambusus)'' <small>Tiba, 1980</small>
* ''[Plicifusus croceus](/source/Plicifusus_croceus)'' <small>(Dall, 1907)</small>
* ''[Plicifusus elaeodus](/source/Plicifusus_elaeodus)'' <small>(Dall, 1907)</small>
* ''[Plicifusus hastarius](/source/Plicifusus_hastarius)'' <small>Tiba, 1983</small>
* ''[Plicifusus johanseni](/source/Plicifusus_johanseni)'' <small>Dall, 1919</small>
* ''[Plicifusus kroyeri](/source/Plicifusus_kroyeri)'' <small>(Möller, 1842)</small>
* ''[Plicifusus levis](/source/Plicifusus_levis)'' <small>Tiba, 1983</small>
* ''[Plicifusus maehirai](/source/Plicifusus_maehirai)'' <small>Tiba, 1980</small>
* ''[Plicifusus mcleani](/source/Plicifusus_mcleani)'' <small>Sirenko, 2009</small>
* ''[Plicifusus minor](/source/Plicifusus_minor)'' <small>(Dall, 1925)</small>
* ''[Plicifusus oceanodromae](/source/Plicifusus_oceanodromae)'' <small>Dall, 1919</small>
* ''[Plicifusus olivaceus](/source/Plicifusus_olivaceus)'' <small>(Aurivillius, 1885)</small>
* ''[Plicifusus rhyssus](/source/Plicifusus_rhyssus)'' <small>(Dall, 1907)</small>
* ''[Plicifusus rodgersi](/source/Plicifusus_rodgersi)'' <small>(Gould, 1860)</small>
* ''[Plicifusus scissuratus](/source/Plicifusus_scissuratus)'' <small>Dall, 1918</small>
* ''[Plicifusus torquatus](/source/Plicifusus_torquatus)'' <small>(Petrov, 1982)</small>

;Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Plicifusus (Microfusus)'' Dall, 1916: synonym of ''[Nassaria](/source/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](/source/Retifusus_attenuatus)'' <small>(Golikov & Gulbin, 1977)</small> 
* ''[Plicifusus barbarinus](/source/Plicifusus_barbarinus)'' <small>(Dall, 1919)</small>: synonym of ''[Colus barbarinus](/source/Colus_barbarinus)'' Dall, 1919
* ''Plicifusus brunneus'':<ref>{{WRMS species|254480|''Plicifusus brunneus'' ||17 April 2010}}</ref> synonym of ''[Retifusus jessoensis](/source/Retifusus_jessoensis)'' (Schrenck, 1863)
* ''Plicifusus incisus'' Dall, 1919: synonym of ''Plicifusus olivaceus'' (Aurivillius, 1885)
* ''[Plicifusus iwateana](/source/Plicifusus_iwateana)'' <small>(Tiba, 1981)</small>: synonym of ''[Mohnia iwateana](/source/Mohnia_iwateana)'' Tiba, 1981 
* ''Plicifusus jamarci'' Okutani, 1982: synonym of ''[Gaillea canetae](/source/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](/source/Retifusus_jessoensis)'' (Schrenck, 1863)
* ''Plicifusus multicostatus'' (Habe & Ito, 1965): synonym of ''[Retimohnia multicostata](/source/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](/source/Retifusus_olivaceus)'' (Bartsch, 1929)
* ''Plicifusus parvus'' Tiba, 1980: synonym of ''[Retifusus roseus](/source/Retifusus_roseus)'' (Dall, 1877)
* ''Plicifusus polypleuratus'' (Dall, 1907): synonym of ''Plicifusus kroeyeri'' (Möller, 1842)
* ''[Plicifusus pulcius](/source/Plicifusus_pulcius)'' <small>(Dall, 1919)</small>: synonym of ''[Colus pulcius](/source/Colus_pulcius)'' (Dall, 1919)
* ''Plicifusus rhyssoides'' Dall, 1918: synonym of''Plicifusus rhyssus'' (Dall, 1907)
* ''Plicifusus saginatus'' Tiba, 1983: synonym of ''[Retifusus roseus](/source/Retifusus_roseus)'' (Dall, 1877)
* ''Plicifusus semiplicatus'' (Golikov, in Golikov & Scarlato, 1985): synonym of ''[Retifusus roseus](/source/Retifusus_roseus)'' (Dall, 1877)
* ''Plicifusus similis'' (Golikov & Gulbin, 1977): synonym of ''[Retifusus similis](/source/Retifusus_similis)'' (Golikov & Gulbin, 1977)
* ''Plicifusus stejnegeri'' (Dall, 1884): synonym of ''[Turrivolutopsius stejnegeri](/source/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](/source/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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