Fusinus

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Genus of gastropods

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::summary Genus of gastropods ::

|fossil_range = |image = Fusinus inglorius 002.jpg |image_caption = Shell of Fusinus inglorius |taxon = Fusinus |authority = Rafinesque, 1815 |type_species = Murex colus |type_species_authority = Linnaeus, 1758 |synonyms_ref = |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 |display_parents = 3

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6e/Fascicolariidae_-_Fusinus_longiroster.jpg" caption="Fossil shell of ''Fusinus longiroster'' from Pliocene of Italy"] ::

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/33/Fusinus_Cyprus_Pliocene.jpg" caption="''Fusinus'' sp. from the Pliocene of Cyprus."] ::

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

Fossil records

This genus is known in the fossil records from the Cretaceous to the Quaternary (age range: from 94.3 to 0.0 million years ago). Fossils are found in the marine strata all over the world.

Species

Species in the genus Fusinus include:

According to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) the following species with accepted names are included within the genus Fusinus

;Species brought into synonymy:

References

  • Buzzurro G. & Russo P. (2007). Fusinus del Mediterraneo. published by the authors

References

  1. Rafinesque C. S.. (1815). "Analyse de la nature : or, Tableau de l'univers et des corps organisés".
  2. Bouchet, Philippe. (2018). "''Fusinus'' Rafinesque, 1815".
  3. (1994). "Opinion 1765". Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature.
  4. "''Fusinus''".
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  6. Powell A. W. B.. (1979). "New Zealand Mollusca". [[HarperCollins.

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