Fusinus

Fusinus
Temporal range:
Shell of Fusinus inglorius
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Buccinoidea
Family: Fasciolariidae
Subfamily: Fusininae
Genus: Fusinus
Rafinesque, 1815
Type species
Murex colus
Linnaeus, 1758
Synonyms
  • Barbarofusus Grabau & Shimer, 1909
  • †Exilifusus Gabb, 1876
  • Fusinus (Barbarofusus) Grabau & Shimer, 1909
  • Fusinus (Sinistralia) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853
  • Fusus Bruguière, 1789 (invalid: junior homonym of Fusus Helbling, 1779. Placed by the ICZN on the Official Index by Opinion 1765, 1994)
  • †Gracilipurpura Jousseaume, 1881
  • Heilprinia Grabau, 1904
  • Propefusus Iredale, 1924
  • Sinistralia H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853
  • Tritonium (Fusus) Bruguière, 1789

Fusinus is a genus of small to large sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Fasciolariidae, the spindle snails and tulip snails.

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