Fusinus colus

Fusinus colus
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 Neogastropoda
Superfamily: 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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Description

Distribution

References

  1. ^ 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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