Fusinus is a genus of small to large sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Fasciolariidae, the spindle snails and tulip snaills.
This genus is known in the fossil records from the Cretaceous to the Quaternary (age range: from 94.3 to 0.0 million years ago). Fossils are found in the marine strata all over the worls.
Species in the genus Fusinus include:
According to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) the following species with accepted names are included within the genus Fusinus
Species brought into synonymy
Subgenus Fusinus (Barbarofusus) Grabau & Shimer, 1909 accepted as Fusinus Rafinesque, 1815
Subgenus Fusinus (Chryseofusus) Hadorn & Fraussen, 2003 accepted as Chryseofusus Hadorn & Fraussen, 2003
Subgenus Fusinus (Sinistralia) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 accepted as Fusinus Rafinesque, 1815
Fusinus acherusius Hadorn & Fraussen, 2003 : synonym of Chryseofusus acherusius (Hadorn & Fraussen, 2003)
Fusinus alisae Hdorn & Fraussen, 2003 : synonym of Chryseofusus alisae
Fusinus alisonae Hadorn, Snyder & Fraussen, 2008: synonym of Chryseofusus alisonae (Hadorn, Snyder & Fraussen, 2008)
Fusinus amiantus :synonym of Amiantofusus amiantus
Fusinus artutus Hadorn & Fraussen, 2003 : synonym of Chryseofusus artutus
Fusinus bradneri (Drivas & Jay, 1990) : synonym of Chryseofusus bradneri
Fusinus buxeus (Reeve, 1847); synonym of Viridifusus buxeus (Reeve, 1847)
Fusinus cadus Hadorn & Fraussen, 2003 : synonym of Chryseofusus cadus
Fusinus ceramidus (Dall, 1889): synonym of Lamellilatirus ceramidus (Dall, 1889)
Fusinus chrysodomoides (Schepman, 1911) : synonym of Chryseofusus chrysodomoides
Fusinus dapsilis Hadorn & Fraussen, 2003 : synonym of Chryseofusus dapsilis
Fusinus eucosmius (Dall, 1889) - apricot spindle : synonym of Fusinus excavatus (Sowerby II, 1880)
Fusinus hyphalus M. Smith, 1940 : synonym of Chryseofusus hyphalus
Fusinus grabaui Kuroda & Habe, 1952 : synonym of Fusinus nodosoplicatus
Fusinus graciliformis (G.B. Sowerby II, 1880) : synonym of Chryseofusus graciliformis
Fusinus jurgeni Hadorn & Fraussen, 2002 : synonym of Chryseofusus jurgeni
Fusinus kazdailisi Fraussen & Hadorn, 2000 : synonym of Chryseofusus kazdailisi
Fusinus monksae Dall, 1915 : synonym of Fusinus robustus (Trask, 1855)
Fusinus panamensis Dall, 1908 : synonym of Fusinus spectrum
Fusinus riscus Hdorn & Fraussen, 2003 : synonym of Chryseofusus riscus
Fusinus sanctaeluciae : redirected to Fusinus rostratus
Fusinus satsumaensis Hadorn & Chino, 2005 : synonym of Chryseofusus satsumaensis
Fusinus scissus Hadorn & Fraussen, 2003 : synonym of Chryseofusus scissus
Fusinus subangulatus (von Martens, 1901) : synonym of Chryseofusus subangulatus
Fusinus toreuma : synonym of Fusinus colus
Fusinus tuberculatus : synonym of Fusinus colus
Fusinus valdiviae Hadorn & Fraussen, 1999 : synonym of Chryseofusus graciliformis
Fusinus wareni Hadorn & Fraussen, 2003 : synonym of Chryseofusus scissus
Fusinus westralis Hadorn & Fraussen, 2003 : synonym of Chryseofusus westralis