Fusinus colus

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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