- Fusinus colus
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Fusinus colus Dorsal view of a shell of the Distaff spindle, Fusinus colus Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Gastropoda (unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade NeogastropodaSuperfamily: Buccinoidea Family: Fasciolariidae Subfamily: Fusininae Genus: Fusinus Species: F. colus Binomial name Fusinus colus
(Linnaeus, 1758)Synonyms[1] - Buccinum toreuma Martyn, 1784
- Colus longicauda (Lamarck, 1801)
- Fusinus longicauda (Lamarck, 1801)
- Fusinus toreuma (Martyn, 1784)
- Fusus colus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Fusus longicauda Lamarck, 1801
- Fusus toreuma Deshayes, 1843
- Fusus tuberculatus Lamarck, 1822
- Murex colus Linnaeus, 1758
Fusinus colus, common name the Distaff spindle, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fasciolariidae, the spindle snails, the tulip snails and their allies.[1]
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- ^ a b Fusinus colus (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=208605 on 29 August 2010.
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