Fusinus exilis Dall 1890 (spindle shell)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae

Belongs to Fusinus according to E. J. Petuch 1988

See also Dall 1916

Sister taxa: Fusinus (Fusinus), Fusinus (Gracilipurpura), Fusinus (Roperia), Fusinus alaquaensis, Fusinus bocarepertus, Fusinus bocaserpentis, Fusinus caboblanquensis, Fusinus closter, Fusinus coalingensis, Fusinus colubri, Fusinus colus, Fusinus dictyotis, Fusinus dilectus, Fusinus dilleri, Fusinus dupetitthouarsi, Fusinus empireensis, Fusinus empleus, Fusinus engonius, 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 United States (2: North Carolina collections)

• Pliocene of United States (2: Virginia)

• Oligocene of United States (1: Georgia)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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