Fusinus colus

Fusinus colus
Five views of a shell of Fusinus colus
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Fasciolariidae
Genus: Fusinus
Species:
F. colus
Binomial name
Fusinus colus
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
  • Buccinum toreuma Martyn, 1784
  • Colus boardmani Iredale, 1930
  • Colus longicauda (Lamarck, 1801)
  • Fusinus longicauda (Lamarck, 1801)
  • Fusinus toreuma (Martyn, 1784)
  • Fusus colus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Fusus longicauda Lamarck, 1801
  • Fusus longirostris Schumacher, 1817
  • Fusus toreuma Deshayes, 1843
  • Fusus tuberculatus Lamarck, 1822
  • Murex colus Linnaeus, 1758

Fusinus colus, common name the Distaff spindle or Long-tailed Spindle, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fasciolariidae, the spindle snails, the tulip snails and their allies.