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Fusinus Rafinesque, 1815

138002  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138002)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Mollusca (Phylum)
  4. Gastropoda (Class)
  5. Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
  6. Neogastropoda (Order)
  7. Buccinoidea (Superfamily)
  8. Fasciolariidae (Family)
  9. Fusininae (Subfamily)
  10. Fusinus (Genus)
accepted
Genus
Fusus Bruguière, 1789 · unaccepted (Invalid: junior homonym of Fusus...)  
Invalid: junior homonym of Fusus Helbling, 1779. See Nomenclatural note below.

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  1. Species Fusinus africanae (Barnard, 1959)
  2. Species Fusinus colus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  3. Species Fusinus cratis Kilburn, 1973
  4. Species Fusinus forceps (Perry, 1811)
  5. Species Fusinus longissimus (Gmelin, 1791)
  6. Species Fusinus toreuma (Deshayes, 1843)
  7. Species Fusinus africanus (G. B. Sowerby III, 1897) accepted as Africofusus africanus (G. B. Sowerby III, 1897) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  8. Species Fusinus barclayi (G. B. Sowerby III, 1894) accepted as Smytheria barclayi (G. B. Sowerby III, 1894)
  9. Species Fusinus bocagei (P. Fischer, 1882) accepted as Pseudofusus bocagei (P. Fischer, 1882) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  10. Species Fusinus buxeus (Reeve, 1847) accepted as Viridifusus buxeus (Reeve, 1847) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  11. Species Fusinus caparti (Adam & Knudsen, 1955) accepted as Apertifusus caparti (Adam & Knudsen, 1955)
  12. Species Fusinus filosus (Schubert & J. A. Wagner, 1829) accepted as Polygona filosa (Schubert & J. A. Wagner, 1829)
  13. Species Fusinus longicauda (Lamarck, 1801) accepted as Fusinus colus (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  14. Species Fusinus nicobaricus (Röding, 1798) accepted as Marmorofusus nicobaricus (Röding, 1798) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  15. Species Fusinus oblitus (Reeve, 1847) accepted as Marmorofusus oblitus (Reeve, 1847)
  16. Species Fusinus ocellifer (Lamarck, 1816) accepted as Fusinus ocelliferus (Lamarck, 1816) accepted as Africofusus ocelliferus (Lamarck, 1816) (incorrect subsequent spelling of specific epithet)
  17. Species Fusinus ocelliferus (Lamarck, 1816) accepted as Africofusus ocelliferus (Lamarck, 1816)
  18. Species Fusinus polygonoides (Lamarck, 1822) accepted as Marmorofusus polygonoides (Lamarck, 1822)
  19. Species Fusinus tuberculatus (Lamarck, 1822) accepted as Marmorofusus tuberculatus (Lamarck, 1822)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
masculine
Rafinesque, C.S. (1815). <i>Analyse de la nature ou Tableau de l'univers et des corps organisés</i>. Published by the author, Palermo. 224 pp. , available online at http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k98061z.r=rafinesque.langEN
page(s): 145 [details] OpenAccess publication
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Fusinus Rafinesque, 1815. Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2025) African Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138002 on 2026-06-09
Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2026). African Register of Marine Species. Fusinus Rafinesque, 1815. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138002 on 2026-06-09
Date
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
created
Gofas, Serge
2006-03-30 11:31:32Z
changed
Vandepitte, Leen
2010-07-07 09:43:07Z
changed
Tran, Bastien
2010-07-09 09:18:48Z
changed
Tran, Bastien
2011-01-20 17:10:33Z
checked
Bouchet, Philippe
2016-02-25 18:45:08Z
changed
Marshall, Bruce
2018-10-14 11:18:28Z
changed
Bouchet, Philippe

original description Rafinesque, C.S. (1815). <i>Analyse de la nature ou Tableau de l'univers et des corps organisés</i>. Published by the author, Palermo. 224 pp. , available online at http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k98061z.r=rafinesque.langEN
page(s): 145 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Fusus Bruguière, 1789) Bruguière, J.G. (1789-1792). Encyclopédie méthodique ou par ordre de matières, par une Societe de gens de Lettres, de Savans et D'Artistes. [Methodical encyclopedia or by order of subjects, by a Society of Men of Letters, Scholars and Artists.]. <em>Histoire naturelle des Vers, Paris: Pancoucke.</em> volume 1: i-xviii, 1-344 [Livraison 32, June 1789]; 345-757 [Livraison 48, 13 Feb. 1792] [Dates after Evenhuis, 2003, Zootaxa, 166: 37; Zootaxa, 207, some modified by Evenhuis & Petit 2003 Zootaxa 207:1-4]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8892006
page(s): xv [details] 

additional source Snyder M.A. (2003). Catalogue of the marine gastropod family Fasciolariidae. Academy of Natural Sciences. <em>of Philadelphia, Special Publication.</em> 21iii + 1–431., available online at http://books.google.fr/books?id=9Ycn67QUAJIC [details] 

additional source Vermeij, G. J.; Snyder, M. A. (2018). Proposed genus-level classification of large species of Fusininae (Gastropoda, Fasciolariidae). <em>Basteria.</em> 82(4-6): 57-82., available online at https://natuurtijdschriften.nl/pub/1000573 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

status source ICZN. (1993). Opinion 1765. <i>Fusus</i> Helbling, 1779 (Mollusca, Gastropoda): suppressed, and <i>Fusinus</i> Rafinesque, 1815 and <i>Colubraria</i> Schumacher, 1817: conserved. <em>Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature.</em> 51(2): 159-161., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12251905 [details] 
 
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