Fusinus is a genus of small to large sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Fasciolariidae, the spindle snails and tulip snails.[3]
Fusinus Temporal range:
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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[1] |
Type species | |
Murex colus Linnaeus, 1758
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Synonyms[2] | |
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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.[4]
Species in the genus Fusinus include:[5][6]
According to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) the following species with accepted names are included within the genus Fusinus [7]