Fusinus colus Linnaeus 1758 (spindle shell)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae

Alternative combination: Murex colus

Belongs to Fusinus according to B. Landau and C. Marques da Silva 2010

See also Woodring 1928 and Woodring 1964

Sister taxa: Fusinus (Fusinus), Fusinus (Gracilipurpura), Fusinus (Roperia), Fusinus alaquaensis, Fusinus bocarepertus, Fusinus bocaserpentis, Fusinus caboblanquensis, Fusinus closter, Fusinus coalingensis, Fusinus colubri, Fusinus dictyotis, Fusinus dilectus, Fusinus dilleri, Fusinus dupetitthouarsi, Fusinus empireensis, Fusinus empleus, Fusinus engonius, Fusinus exilis, Fusinus fabulator, Fusinus gesteri, Fusinus henekeni, Fusinus henicus, Fusinus hoffmani, Fusinus honensis, Fusinus longiusculoides, Fusinus macnairyensis, Fusinus magdalenensis, Fusinus markleyensis, Fusinus meganosensis, Fusinus meredithae, Fusinus merriami, Fusinus meunieri, Fusinus mohrioides, Fusinus obtentus, Fusinus patagoniensis, Fusinus pinolianus, Fusinus quilonicus, Fusinus sculptilis, Fusinus sewalliana, Fusinus simiensis, Fusinus simulans, Fusinus sirenideditus, Fusinus springvalensis, Fusinus taeniensis, Fusinus teglandae, Fusinus trentensis, Fusinus ucalius, Fusinus unicarinatus, Fusinus voetus, Fusinus vonderschmidti, Fusus (Exilifusus)

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Vanuatu (1 collection)

• Pliocene of Japan (2)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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