# Pisania

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

## Species

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