Belongs within: Fasciolariidae.
Fusinus is a cosmopolitan genus of gastropods with an elongate shell bearing a long siphonal canal (Wilson 1994).
Characters (Wilson 1994): Shells elongate, fusiform, spindle-shaped with tall spire and long siphonal canal; aperture with simple edge or finely crenulate; columella narrowly calloused but usually without folds; operculum nucleus apical.
<==Fusinus Rafinesque 1815BR05 (see below for synonymy)
|--F. (Fusinus)O27
| |--*F. (F.) colus (Linnaeus 1758)O27, WG71 (see below for synonymy)
| |--F. (F.) anni Snyder 1986W94
| |--F. (F.) australis (Quoy & Gaimard 1833)W94 [=Fusus australisH86]
| |--F. (F.) consetti Iredale 1929W94
| |--F. (F.) diminutus Dall 1915O27
| |--F. (F.) genticus Iredale 1929W94
| |--F. (F.) luteopictus Dall 1877O27
| |--F. (F.) nicobaricus (Röding 1798) (see below for synonymy)W94
| |--F. (F.) novaehollandiae (Reeve 1847)W94
| | |--F. n. novaehollandiaeW94
| | `--F. n. grandiculus Iredale 1924W94
| |--F. (F.) salisburyi Fulton 1930W94
| |--F. (F.) tessellatus (Sowerby 1880)W94
| `--F. (F.) undatus (Gmelin 1791)W94
|--F. (Aptyxis Troschel 1868)O27
| `--F. (A.) taylorianus Reeve 1848O27
|--F. (Harfordia Dall 1920)O27
| `--F. (H.) harfordii Stearns 1871O27
|--F. (Heilprinia Grabau 1904)O27
| |--F. (H.) barbarensis Trask 1855O27
| |--F. (H.) kobelti Dall 1877O27
| `--F. (H.) robustus Trask 1856O27
|--F. (Propefusus Iredale 1924)W94
| `--F. (P.) undulatus (Perry 1811) (see below for synonymy)W94
`--F. (Sinistralia Adams & Adams 1853)BC01, W94
`--F. (S.) somaliensis Smythe & Chatfield 1984BC01
Fusinus incertae sedis:
F. benjamini Hadorn 1997BC01
F. caloosaensisW62
|--F. c. caloosaensisW62
`--F. c. florida Olsson & Harbison 1953W62
F. closter (Philippi 1851)W62
|--F. c. closterW62
`--F. c. caboblanquensis Weisbord 1962W62
F. corrugatus Marshall 1918F27
F. couei (Petit 1853)W62
F. crassiplicatus Kira 1959KF22
F. engonius Woodring 1928W62
F. eucosmius Dall 1889W62
F. exilisW62
F. fredbakeri Lowe 1935 [incl. F. consagensis Poorman 1981]BC01
F. helenae Bartsch 1939W62
F. henekeniW62
|--F. h. henekeniW62
|--F. h. haitensisW62
`--F. h. veatchi (Maury 1917)W62
F. humboldti Poorman 1981BC01
F. longicaudusZLK11
F. magdalenensis Anderson 1929W62
F. marensis Weisbord 1962W62
F. miocosmius Olsson 1922W62
F. springvalensisW62
F. stegeri Lyons 1978BC01
‘Fusus’ tegensH86
F. traski Dall 1915O27
F. turriculus (Kiener 1839)KF22
‘Fusus’ valanginiensis Pictet & Campiche 1872TTE93
F. westralis Hadorn & Fraussen 2003MG-H11
Fusinus Rafinesque 1815BR05 [=Colus Humphrey 1797 (nom. inv.) nec Röding 1798 nec Cavalier & Séchier 1835 (ICBN)W94, Fusus Bruguière 1789 non Helbling 1779BR05; incl. Pseudofusus Monterosato 1884W94]
*Fusinus (Fusinus) colus (Linnaeus 1758)O27, WG71 [=Murex colusBR17, *Colus colusW94, *Fusus colusBR17, O27; incl. Fusinus boardmani Iredale 1930W94, Fusinus sinovellus Iredale 1929W94, Fusinus toreuma Martyn 1784W94, Fusinus tornata Röding 1798W94, Fusinus tuberculata Lamarck 1822W94]
Fusinus (Fusinus) nicobaricus (Röding 1798) [incl. F. laticostatus Deshayes 1830, F. marmorata Röding 1798, F. variegatus Perry 1811]W94
Fusinus (Propefusus) undulatus (Perry 1811) [incl. Fusinus compositis Maybloom 1951, Fusinus legrandi Tenison Woods 1875, Fusinus undulatus profundior Cotton & Godfrey 1932, Fusus pyrulatus Reeve 1847, *Propefusus pyrulatus, Fusinus usulatus Reeve 1847]W94
*Type species of generic name indicated
References
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[BC01] Boyko, C. B., & J. R. Cordeiro. 2001. Catalog of Recent type specimens in the Division of Invertebrate Zoology, American Museum of Natural History. V. Mollusca, part 2 (class Gastropoda [exclusive of Opisthobranchia and Pulmonata], with supplements to Gastropoda [Opisthobranchia], and Bivalvia). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 262: 1–170.
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