Pisania is a genus of marine whelk in the family Buccinidae. Some species prey on barnacles.
According to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) species with accepted names within the genus Pisania include:
Pisania angusta Smith, 1899Pisania bilirata (Reeve, 1846)Pisania costata Thiele, 1925Pisania decollata (Sowerby I, 1833)Pisania fasciculata (Reeve, 1846)Pisania gracilis (Sowerby, 1859)Pisania hedleyi (Iredale, 1912)Pisania hermannseni A. Adams, 1855Pisania ignea (Gmelin, 1790)Pisania jenningsi (Cernohorsky, 1966)Pisania lirocincta G.B. Sowerby III, 1910Pisania luctuosa Tapparone-Canefri, 1880Pisania pusio (Linnaeus, 1758)Pisania rosadoi Bozzetti & Ferrario, 2005Pisania scholvieni Rolle, 1892Pisania solomonensis E.A.Smith, 1876Pisania striata (Gmelin, 1791)Pisania sugimotoi (Habe, 1968)Pisania tritonoides (Reeve, 1846)'Pisania unicolor (Angas, 1876)The Indo-Pacific Molluscan database also includes the following species with names in current use
Pisania amphodon van Martens, 1880Pisania naevosa Martens, 1880The Shell-bearing Mollusca database also adds the following names
Pisania auritula Link, 1807 East AmericaPisania australis W. H. Pease, 1871 AustraliaPisania brevialaxe T. Kuroda & T. Habe, 1961 AustraliaPisania clathrata Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1906 MoroccoPisania grimaldii Ph. Dautzenberg, 1889 AustraliaPisania mollis A. A. Gould, 1860 Indo-PacificPisania pusio janeirensis d'Orbigny, 1835 BrazilSpecies inquerendaPisania strigata Pease, 1863Synonymized speciesPisania 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: synonym of Pollia 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 gaskelli Melvill, 1891 : synonym of Orania gaskelli (Melvill, 1891)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 montrouzieri Crosse, 1862: synonym of Pisania fasciculata (Reeve, 1846)Pisania nodulosa Bivona Ant., 1832: synonym of Pollia dorbignyi (Payraudeau, 1826)Pisania rubiginosa Reeve: 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: synonym of Caducifer truncatus (Hinds, 1844)
