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Fusininae

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae

Taxonomy

Fusininae was named by Swainson (1840) [m. kosnik taxon no: 10211]. It is extant.

It was reranked as the family Fusinidae by Gardner (1948) and Addicott (1970).

It was assigned to Gastropoda by Gardner (1948); to Neogastropoda by Addicott (1970); to Buccinacea by Harzhauser (2002); and to Fasciolariidae by Sohl (1964), Sohl (1964), Hickman (1980), Squires (1984), Squires (1987), Ward (1992), Saul and Popenoe (1993), Snyder (2003), Harzhauser (2004), Stilwell et al. (2004), Bouchet et al. (2005), Squires and Saul (2006), Landau and Marques da Silva (2010), Vermeij and Lozouet (2012) and Schnetler et al. (2024).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1840	Fusininae Swainson
1948	Fusinidae Gardner p. 255
1964	Fusininae Sohl p. 220
1970	Fusinidae Addicott p. 101
1980	Fusininae Hickman p. 59
1984	Fusininae Squires p. 33
1987	Fusininae Squires p. 41
1992	Fusininae Ward p. 134
1993	Fusininae Saul and Popenoe p. 368
2002	Fusininae Harzhauser p. 101
2003	Fusininae Snyder p. 20
2004	Fusininae Harzhauser p. 138
2004	Fusininae Stilwell et al. pp. 45, 46
2005	Fusininae Bouchet et al. p. 255
2006	Fusininae Squires and Saul pp. 74 - 75
2010	Fusininae Landau and Marques da Silva p. 79
2012	Fusininae Vermeij and Lozouet p. 82
2024	Fusininae Schnetler et al. p. 18

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Gastropoda
subclass	Caenogastropoda	(Cox 1959)

Rank	Name	Author
—	Sorbeoconcha	(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—	Hypsogastropoda	(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorder	Latrogastropoda	Riedel 2000
order	Neogastropoda	Thiele 1929
superfamily	Buccinoidea	(Rafinesque 1815)
family	Fasciolariidae	Gray 1853
subfamily	Fusininae	Swainson 1840
subfamily	Fusininae	Swainson 1840

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Subfm. Fusininae Swainson 1840

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G. †Africolithes Eames 1957

†Africolithes africanus Newton 1922

G. †Anomalofusus Wade 1916

†Anomalofusus buchi Muller 1851

†Anomalofusus lemniscatus Sohl 1964

†Anomalofusus subnodosus Sohl 1964

†Anomalofusus substriatus Wade 1916

G. Aptyxis Troschel 1865

†Aptyxis reticulatus Vredenburg 1925

†Fusinus (Aptyxis) jonkeri Koperberg 1931

G. Araiofusus Callomon and Snyder 2017

Araiofusus eueides Callomon and Snyder 2017

G. Buccinofusus Conrad 1868

†Buccinofusus ageri Abbass 1967

†Buccinofusus chesapeakensis Petuch 1988

†Buccinofusus costiferum Wood 1848

†Buccinofusus diegoensis Gabb 1864

†Buccinofusus nodifer Wood 1879

†Buccinofusus parilis Conrad 1832

G. Clavilithes Swainson 1840

Subg. Clavilithes (Clavilithes) Swainson 1840

†Clavilithes (Clavilithes) mozambensis Gliozzi and Malatesta 1983

†Clavilithes (Clavilithes) nilotica Abbass 1967

Subg. †Clavilithes (Cosmolithes) Grabau 1904

†Clavilithes (Cosmolithes) oluwasanmii Adegoke 1977

Subg. †Clavilithes (Rhopalites) Grabau 1904

†Clavilithes arakanensis Vredenburg 1923

†Clavilithes atahuallpai Hanna and Israelsky 1925

†Clavilithes burtti Hanna and Israelsky 1925

†Clavilithes cossmanni Vredenburg 1923

†Clavilithes dameriacensis Deshayes 1864

†Clavilithes hagni Traub 1979

†Clavilithes harrisi Woods 1922

†Clavilithes harrisii Maury 1912

†Clavilithes hubbardanus Harris 1896

†Clavilithes incertus Woods 1922

†Clavilithes inopinatus Cossmann 1903

†Clavilithes lagunitensis Olsson 1928

†Clavilithes leilanensis Vredenburg 1923

†Clavilithes noae Lamarck 1803

†Clavilithes noetlingi Vredenburg 1925

†Clavilithes pacificus Woods 1922

†Clavilithes parisiensis Mayer-Eymar 1877

†Clavilithes peruvianus Woods 1922

†Clavilithes pozoensis Olsson 1928

†Clavilithes songoensis Martin 1914

†Clavilithes tabulatus Dickerson 1913

†Clavilithes tjaringinensis Martin 1895

†Clavilithes tjidamarensis Martin 1879

Invalid names: Strombus fusus Martin 1879 [synonym]

†Clavilithes woodringi Olsson 1928

Invalid names: Austrolithes Finlay 1931 [synonym], Rhopalithes Grabau 1904 [objective synonym]

G. Cyrtulus Hinds 1843

†Clavilithes (Cyrtulus) seminudus Noetling 1901

Cyrtulus serotinus Hinds 1843

G. †Falsicolus Finlay 1930

G. Falsifusus

†Falsifusus marysvillensis Merriam and Turner 1937

G. †Fredenia Cadee and Janssen 1994

†Fredenia ronaldi Wienrich 2001

G. Fusinus Rafinesque 1815

Subg. Fusinus (Fusinus) Rafinesque 1815

†Fusinus (Fusinus) hoessi Parsch in Hörnes 1837

Subg. Fusinus (Gracilipurpura) Jousseaume 1880

†Fusinus (Gracilipurpura) elatior Beyrich 1848

Invalid names: Fusus acuticostatus Speyer 1860 [synonym]

†Fusinus alaquaensis Mansfield 1935

†Fusinus bocarepertus Maury 1912

†Fusinus bocaserpentis Maury 1912

Fusinus caboblanquensis Weisbord 1962

Fusinus closter Philippi 1850

†Fusinus colubri Maury 1912

Fusinus colus Linnaeus 1758

†Fusinus dictyotis Tate 1888

Fusinus dilectus Adams 1856

Invalid names: Fusinus marensis Weisbord 1962 [synonym], Fusinus tenuiliratus Dunker 1867 [synonym]

†Fusinus dilleri Hickman 1980

Fusinus dupetitthouarsi Kiener 1840

†Fusinus empireensis Anderson and Martin 1914

†Fusinus empleus Woodring 1964

†Fusinus engonius Woodring 1928

†Fusinus exilis Dall 1890

†Fusinus fabulator Nomland 1917

†Fusinus gesteri Dickerson 1917

†Fusinus henekeni Sowerby II 1850

†Fusinus henekeni haitensis Sowerby 1850

†Fusinus henekeni veatchi Maury 1917

†Fusinus henicus Tate 1889

†Fusinus hoffmani Ward 1992

†Fusinus honensis Olsson 1922

†Fusinus longiusculoides Maury 1912

†Fusinus macnairyensis Wade 1926

†Fusinus magdalenensis Anderson 1929

†Fusinus markleyensis Clark 1938

†Fusinus meganosensis Clark and Woodford 1927

†Fusinus meredithae Tenison Woods 1875

†Fusinus merriami Dickerson 1916

†Fusinus meunieri Maury 1912

†Fusinus mohrioides Maury 1912

†Fusinus obtentus Hanna 1924

Invalid names: Fusinus (Priscofusus) lineatus Dickerson 1913 [replaced]

†Fusinus patagoniensis Chiesa and Camacho 2001

†Fusinus pinolianus Clark 1918

†Fusinus quilonicus Dey 1961

†Fusinus sculptilis Tate 1888

†Fusinus sewalliana Maury 1912

†Fusinus simiensis Nelson 1925

†Fusinus simulans Tate 1888

†Fusinus sirenideditus Maury 1912

†Fusinus springvalensis Maury 1925

†Fusinus taeniensis Maury 1912

†Fusinus teglandae Hanna 1927

†Fusinus trentensis Richards 1943

†Fusinus ucalius Vokes 1939

†Fusinus unicarinatus Deshayes 1835

†Fusinus voetus Hanna 1927

†Fusinus vonderschmidti Rutsch 1934

G. †Glaphyrina Finlay 1926

G. Granulifusus Kuroda and Habe 1952

Granulifusus niponicus Smith 1879

G. †Harasewychia Petuch 1987

G. Heilprinia Grabau 1900

†Heilprinia caloosaensis Heilprin 1887

†Heilprinia caloosaensis malcolmi Ward and Blackwelder 1987

†Heilprinia dalli Mansfield 1930

Heilprinia lindae Petuch 1987

G. Hesperaptyxis Snyder and Vermeij 2016

Hesperaptyxis ambustus Gould 1853

Hesperaptyxis luteopictus Dall 1877

G. †Lamarckofusus Vermeij and Lozouet 2012

†Lamarckofusus oedicnema Olsson 1928

†Lamarckofusus robustus Dainelli 1915

†Lamarckofusus subcarinatus Lamarck 1803

Invalid names: Fusus muricoides Deshayes 1834 [synonym]

G. †Lepidocolus Maxwell 1992

G. †Ollaphon Iredale 1929

G. †Perrilliata Squires and Saul 2006

†Perrilliata califia Squires and Saul 2006

G. †Priscofusus Conrad 1865

†Fusinus (Priscofusus) hannibali Clark and Arnold 1923

†Fusinus (Priscofusus) hecoxi Arnold 1908

†Fusus (Priscofusus) stanfordensis Arnold 1908

†Priscofusus chehalisensis Weaver 1912

†Priscofusus chehalisensis weaveri Clark and Anderson 1938

†Priscofusus coli Dall 1909

†Priscofusus foxi Durham 1944

†Priscofusus geniculus Conrad 1849

†Priscofusus goweri Addicott 1976

†Priscofusus medialis Conrad 1849

Invalid names: Turris lincolnensis Anderson and Martin 1914 [synonym]

†Priscofusus slipensis Addicott 1976

†Priscofusus stewarti Tegland 1933

G. †Profusinus Bandel 2000

G. †Pseudoaptyxis Petuch 1988

†Pseudoaptyxis sanctaemariae Petuch 1988

G. Pullincola de Gregario 1894

G. †Remera Stephenson 1941

†Remera flexicostata Sohl 1964

†Remera microstriata Stephenson 1941

†Remera stephensoni Harbison 1945

†Remera vacca Saul and Popenoe 1993

G. †Solutofusus Pritchard 1898

†Solutofusus hexagonalis Tate 1888

G. †Streptochetus Cossmann 1901

Subg. †Streptochetus (Streptolathyrus) Cossmann 1901

†Streptolathyrus cymatodis Edwards 1866

†Streptolathyrus danicus Schnetler 2001

†Streptolathyrus lemchei Schnetler 2001

†Streptochetus californiana Squires 1987

†Streptochetus foxi Cox 1930

†Streptochetus ornatus dOrbigny 1852

†Streptochetus potomacensis Clark and Martin 1901

†Streptochetus pseudowaelii Vredenburg 1925

G. †Streptodictyon Tembrock 1961

†Streptodictyon soellingensis Tembrock 1965

†Streptodictyon subelongatus d'Orbigny 1852

G. †Taioma Finlay and Marwick 1937

†Taioma sobrali Stilwell et al. 2004

†Taioma tricarinata Finlay and Marwick 1937

G. †Tectifusus Tate 1893

†Tectifusus aldingensis Tate 1888

G. †Trophonofusus Kuroda and Habe 1971

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

aragonitec

Locomotion:

actively mobilef

Life habit:

epifaunalf

Diet:

carnivoref

Vision:

limitedc

Created:

2009-09-10 08:21:16

Modified:

2009-09-10 10:21:16

Source: f = family, c = class

References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Cenomanian to the top of the Holocene or 100.50000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 93.9 Ma

Collections (940 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Oldest occurrences
Cenomanian	100.5 - 93.9	USA (Texas)	Fusinus cornelianus (4648 6580)
Late/Upper Cretaceous	100.5 - 66.0	USA (Texas)	Anomalofusus sp. (225661)
Turonian - Coniacian	93.9 - 86.3	Peru	Fusinus sp. (88671)
Early/Lower Turonian - Middle Turonian	93.5 - 89.3	USA (California)	Remera vacca (220373)
Santonian	86.3 - 83.6	South Africa (Eastern Cape)	Anomalofusus umzambiensis, Anomalofusus sp. (47109)
Santonian	86.3 - 83.6	Germany	Fusinus baccatus (74484 74485)
Late/Upper Santonian	85.8 - 83.5	Austria	Fusinus reussi, Fusinus subabbreviatus (177758)
Middle Santonian	85.8 - 83.5	Germany	Anomalofusus buchi (196660) Anomalofusus sp., Anomalofusus buchi (178204)
Campanian	83.6 - 72.1	USA (Wyoming)	Anomalofusus sp. (1637)
Campanian	83.6 - 72.1	Antarctica	Taioma sp. (83565 83568)
Early/Lower Campanian - Middle Campanian	83.5 - 70.6	USA (Mississippi)	Fusinus macnairyensis (32140) Fusinus macnairyensis, Remera stephensoni (6660 32141)
Late/Upper Campanian	83.5 - 70.6	USA (Delaware)	Remera sp., Anomalofusus substriatus (6171)
Late/Upper Campanian	83.5 - 70.6	USA (Tennessee)	Falsifusus mesozoicus, Falsifusus convexus, Anomalofusus substriatus (88357)
Late/Upper Campanian	83.5 - 70.6	Israel	Anomalofusus turris (80984)
Late/Upper Campanian	83.5 - 70.6	USA (Texas)	Anomalofusus bellulus (7472 7481 7482 7579)
Middle Campanian	83.5 - 70.6	USA (Texas)	Anomalofusus sp. (7467)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian	83.5 - 66.0	USA (Tennessee)	Anomalofusus substriatus, Remera stephensoni (7515)
Maastrichtian	72.1 - 66.0	USA (Mississippi)	Anomalofusus subnodosus, Remera stephensoni (7600) Remera stephensoni (7527)
Maastrichtian	72.1 - 66.0	Antarctica (Seymour Island)	Fusinus phillippiana, Taioma charcotianus (63518) Fusinus sp., Fusinus phillippiana, Taioma charcotianus (63513) Taioma charcotianus (3156 3161)
Maastrichtian	72.1 - 66.0	USA (Texas)	Anomalofusus bellulus (7480 7493 7494 205446) Anomalofusus bellulus, Anomalofusus sp., Remera decora, Remera microstriata (7570) Anomalofusus sp. (205529) Anomalofusus sp., Falsifusus sp., Fusinus sp., Remera spp., Remera microstriata (205541) Remera sp. (205510 205543)