WoRMS taxon details
Faunus Montfort, 1810
581168 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:581168)
accepted
Genus
Faunus melanopsis Montfort, 1810 accepted as Faunus ater (Linnaeus, 1758) (type by original designation)
Ebena Schumacher, 1817 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Faunopsis Gill, 1863 · unaccepted
Faunus (Faunus) Montfort, 1810 · alternative representation
Faunus (Melanatria) Bowdich, 1822 · unaccepted (invalid: unnecessary replacement...)
invalid: unnecessary replacement name for "Pyrene Lamarck" [= Pirena Lamarck, 1822]
Faunus (Pseudofaunus) Olsson, 1931 † · alternative representation
Melanamona Bowdich, 1822 · unaccepted
Melanatria Bowdich, 1822 · unaccepted (invalid: unnecessary replacement...)
invalid: unnecessary replacement name for "Pyrene Lamarck" [= Pirena Lamarck, 1822]
- Species Faunus ater (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Faunus dutemplei (Deshayes, 1862) †
- Species Faunus kahoensis (Nagao, 1928) †
- Species Faunus meskalensis Salvan, 1955 †
- Species Faunus miikensis (Nagao, 1928) †
- Species Faunus nipponicus Nagao, 1928 †
- Subgenus Faunus (Eastonia) Icke & K. Martin, 1905 † accepted as Wingeastonia K. Martin, 1906 † (unaccepted > junior homonym, junior homonym of Eastonia Gray, 1853; Wingeastonia is a replacement name)
- Species Faunus (Eastonia) eastoni (K. Martin, 1899) † accepted as Wingeastonia eastoni (K. Martin, 1899) † (unaccepted > superseded combination, subgenus is a homonym, Wingeastonia is a replacement name)
- Species Faunus (Eastonia) horsti Icke & K. Martin, 1905 † accepted as Wingeastonia horsti (Icke & K. Martin, 1905) † (unaccepted > superseded combination, subgenus is a homonym, Wingeastonia is a replacement name)
- Subgenus Faunus (Lampania) Gray, 1847 † accepted as Batillaria W. H. Benson, 1842 (Junior objective synonym of Batillaria, with the same type species)
- Subgenus Faunus (Melanatria) Bowdich, 1822 accepted as Faunus Montfort, 1810 (invalid: unnecessary replacement name for "Pyrene Lamarck" [= Pirena Lamarck, 1822])
- Species Faunus (Melanatria) kahoensis Nagao, 1928 † accepted as Faunus kahoensis (Nagao, 1928) † (subgenus is a junior synonym)
- Species Faunus combustus (Brongniart, 1823) † accepted as Pseudobellardia auriculata (Schlotheim, 1820) † (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Faunus melanopsis Montfort, 1810 accepted as Faunus ater (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > junior homonym)
- Subgenus Faunus (Faunus) Montfort, 1810 represented as Faunus Montfort, 1810
- Species Faunus (Faunus) boettgeri K. Martin, 1914 † represented as Faunus boettgeri K. Martin, 1914 †
recent + fossil
Montfort P. [Denys de]. (1808-1810). Conchyliologie systématique et classification méthodique des coquilles. <em>Paris: Schoell.</em> Vol. 1: pp. lxxxvii + 409 [1808]. Vol. 2: pp. 676 + 16 [1810 (before 28 May)]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/10571 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Faunus Montfort, 1810. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=581168 on 2025-04-04
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Nomenclature
original description
Montfort P. [Denys de]. (1808-1810). Conchyliologie systématique et classification méthodique des coquilles. <em>Paris: Schoell.</em> Vol. 1: pp. lxxxvii + 409 [1808]. Vol. 2: pp. 676 + 16 [1810 (before 28 May)]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/10571 [details]
original description (of Faunopsis Gill, 1863) Gill T. (1863). Systematic arrangement of the mollusks of the family Viviparidae and others, inhabiting the United States. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 15(1): 33-40., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1958297
page(s): 34 [details]
original description (of Faunus (Pseudofaunus) Olsson, 1931 †) Olsson, A. A. (1931). Contribution to the Tertiary paleontology of northern Peru: part 4, the Peruvian Oligocene. <em>Bulletins of American Paleontology.</em> 17(63): 97-264 [1-168], pls 13-33., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32443892
page(s): 181 [details]
original description (of Ebena Schumacher, 1817) Schumacher, C. F. (1817). Essai d'un nouveau système des habitations des vers testacés. <em>Schultz, Copenghagen.</em> iv + 288 pp., 22 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/81329
page(s): 62, 207 [details]
original description (of Melanamona Bowdich, 1822) Bowdich, T.E. (1822). <i>Elements of conchology, including the fossil genera and the animals. Part I. Univalves</i>. 79 pp., 19 pls. Paris. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/45861
page(s): 28 [details]
basis of record Houbrick, R. S. (1991). Anatomy and systematical placement of <i>Faunus</i> Montfort 1810 (Prosobranchia: Melanopsinae). <em>Malacological Review.</em> 24: 35-54. Ann Arbor. [details]
original description (of Faunopsis Gill, 1863) Gill T. (1863). Systematic arrangement of the mollusks of the family Viviparidae and others, inhabiting the United States. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 15(1): 33-40., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1958297
page(s): 34 [details]
original description (of Faunus (Pseudofaunus) Olsson, 1931 †) Olsson, A. A. (1931). Contribution to the Tertiary paleontology of northern Peru: part 4, the Peruvian Oligocene. <em>Bulletins of American Paleontology.</em> 17(63): 97-264 [1-168], pls 13-33., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32443892
page(s): 181 [details]
original description (of Ebena Schumacher, 1817) Schumacher, C. F. (1817). Essai d'un nouveau système des habitations des vers testacés. <em>Schultz, Copenghagen.</em> iv + 288 pp., 22 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/81329
page(s): 62, 207 [details]
original description (of Melanamona Bowdich, 1822) Bowdich, T.E. (1822). <i>Elements of conchology, including the fossil genera and the animals. Part I. Univalves</i>. 79 pp., 19 pls. Paris. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/45861
page(s): 28 [details]
basis of record Houbrick, R. S. (1991). Anatomy and systematical placement of <i>Faunus</i> Montfort 1810 (Prosobranchia: Melanopsinae). <em>Malacological Review.</em> 24: 35-54. Ann Arbor. [details]
Taxonomy
taxonomy source
Strong E.E., Colgan D.J., Healy J.M., Lydeard C., Ponder W.F. & Glaubrecht M. (2011) Phylogeny of the gastropod superfamily Cerithioidea using morphology and molecules. <i>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society</i> 162: 43–89. [details]
